This is a list of people associated with the modern Switzerland and the

Old Swiss Confederacy The Old Swiss Confederacy or Swiss Confederacy ( Modern German: ; historically , after the Reformation also , "Confederation of the Swiss") was a loose confederation of independent small states (, German or In the charters of the 14th centur ...

. Regardless of ethnicity or emigration, the list includes notable natives of Switzerland and its predecessor states as well as people who were born elsewhere but spent most of their active life in Switzerland. For more information see the articles

Swiss people The Swiss people (german: die Schweizer, french: les Suisses, it, gli Svizzeri, rm, ils Svizzers) are the citizens of Switzerland or people of Swiss ancestry. The number of Swiss nationals has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 8.7 million ...

and Demographics of Switzerland.

Archaeology

Eric Breuer Eric Breuer is a Swiss archaeologist and historian. He studied archaeology and history at the Universities of Munich, Vienna, Fribourg and Basel. He discovered the Roman vicus of Eriskirch (Lake Constance), and conducted widespread research on ear ...

, archaeologist * Ferdinand Keller (1800–1881), archaeologist * Heinrich Menu von Minutoli (1772–1846), archaeologist *

Jean-Marc Moret Jean-Marc Moret (born 6 June 1942 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss archaeologist and art historian. He was a professor of art history and archaeology at the University of Lyon, Université Louis Lumière (Lyon II) (Lyon, France). He took part in ...

(born 1942), archaeologist and art historian * Fritz Puempin (1901–1972), archeologist and painter *

Karl Schefold Karl Schefold (; 26 January 1905 – 16 April 1999) was a classical archaeologist based in Basel, Switzerland. Born and educated in Germany, he was forced in 1935 to emigrate to Switzerland, which he adopted as his home country. His specialit ...

(1905–1999), classical archaeologist

Architecture

Adolphe Appia Adolphe Appia (1 September 1862 – 29 February 1928), son of Red Cross co-founder Louis Appia, was a Swiss architect and theorist of stage lighting and décor. Early life Adolphe Appia was raised in Geneva, Switzerland, in a "strictly Calvini ...

(1862–1928), architect and scenic designer * Hans Auer (1847–1906), known for his design of the

Federal Palace The Federal Palace is a building in Bern housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and the Federal Council (executive). It is the seat of the government of Switzerland and parliament of the country. The building is a listed symmetrica ...

* Erwin Friedrich Baumann (1890–1980), architect and sculptor *

Hans Benno Bernoulli Hans Benno Bernoulli (17 February 1876 – 12 September 1959) was a Swiss architect and city planner. Family Bernoulli was born in Basel, the son of Theodor Bernoulli, an office clerk. He was descended from the Bernoulli family of mathemat ...

(1876–1959), architect *

Melchior Berri Melchior Berri (born 20 October 1801 in Basel, died 12 May 1854 in Basel) was a well-known Swiss architect. He was the son of Melchior Berri (parish priest in Münchenstein) and Appollonia Streckeisen. In 1832 he married Margaretha Simone Burckha ...

(1801–1854), architect *

Max Bill Max Bill (22 December 1908 – 9 December 1994) was a Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer, industrial designer and graphic designer. Early life and education Bill was born in Winterthur. After an apprenticeship as a silversmit ...

(1908–1994), architect, artist, designer *

Francesco Borromini Francesco Borromini (, ), byname of Francesco Castelli (; 25 September 1599 – 2 August 1667), was an Italian architect born in the modern Swiss canton of Ticino

(1599–1667), architect in Italy *

Mario Botta Mario Botta (born 1 April 1943) is a Swiss architect. Career Botta designed his first building, a two-family house at Morbio Superiore in Ticino, at age 16. He graduated from the Università Iuav di Venezia (1969). While the arrangements of sp ...

(born 1943), architect * Paolo Bürgi (born 1947), landscape architect *

Le Corbusier Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , , ), was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner, writer, and one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was ...

(''Charles-Edouard Jeanneret'') (1887–1965), architect * Ernst Cramer (1898–1980), renowned garden architect *

Justus Dahinden Justus Dahinden (18 May 1925 - 11 April 2020) was a Swiss architect, teacher and writer about architecture. Life Dahinden was born in Zürich. From 1945 to 1949, he studied architecture at ETH Zürich (ETHZ), graduating in 1956 with his Ph ...

(1925–2020), architect, professor * Albert Frey (1903–1998), architect *

Domenico Fontana Domenico Fontana (154328 June 1607) was an Italian architect of the late Renaissance, born in today's Ticino. He worked primarily in Italy, at Rome and Naples. Biography He was born at Melide, a village on the Lake Lugano, at that time join ...

(1543–1607), architect in Rome *

Carlo Fontana Carlo Fontana (1634 or 1638–1714) was an Italian architect originating from today's Canton Ticino, who was in part responsible for the classicizing direction taken by Late Baroque Roman architecture. Biography There seems to be no proof tha ...

(1634–1714), architect in Italy *

Domenico Gilardi Domenico Gilardi (Доменико Жилярди, 1785–1845), was a Swiss architect who worked primarily in Moscow, Russia in Neoclassicist style. He was one of key architects charged with rebuilding the city after the Fire of 1812. Gilardi� ...

(1785–1845), architect charged with rebuilding Moscow after 1812 *

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(born 1950), architect *

Jost Franz Huwyler-Boller Jost-Franz Huwyler-Boller (1874 – 1930) was a Swiss architect from Zurich who built several famous hotels. Career Jost Franz Huwyler-Boller is best known as the architect of historic Kurhaus Hotel in Bergün, GR. This grand hotel was designed ...

(1874–1930), hotel architect *

Pierre Jeanneret Pierre Jeanneret (22 March 1896 – 4 December 1967) was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his cousin, Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (who assumed the pseudonym Le Corbusier), for about twenty years. Early life Arnold-André-Pierre Jea ...

(1896–1967), architect *

William Lescaze William Edmond Lescaze, FAIA (March 27, 1896 – February 9, 1969), was a Swiss-born American architect, city planner and industrial designer. He is ranked among the pioneers of modernism in American architecture. Biography William Lescaze ...

(1896–1969) *

Carlo Maderno Carlo Maderno (Maderna) (1556 – 30 January 1629) was an Italian architect, born in today's Ticino, who is remembered as one of the fathers of Baroque architecture. His façades of Santa Susanna, St. Peter's Basilica and Sant'Andrea della Vall ...

(1556–1629), architect in Italy * Pierre de Meuron (born 1950), architect *

Hannes Meyer Hans Emil "Hannes" Meyer (18 November 1889 – 19 July 1954) was a Swiss architect and second director of the Bauhaus Dessau from 1928 to 1930. Early life Meyer was born in Basel, Switzerland, trained as a mason, and practiced as an architect ...

(1889–1954), architect, director of the Bauhaus Dessau * Flora Steiger-Crawford (1899–1991), first woman architect to graduate in Switzerland * Domenico Trezzini (1670–1734), architect in

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Bernard Tschumi Bernard Tschumi (born 25 January 1944 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is an architect, writer, and educator, commonly associated with deconstructivism. Son of the well-known Swiss architect Jean Tschumi and a French mother, Tschumi is a dual French-S ...

(born 1944), architect associated with Deconstructivism *

Peter Zumthor Peter Zumthor (; born 26 April 1943) is a Swiss architect whose work is frequently described as uncompromising and minimalist. Though managing a relatively small firm, he is the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize and 2013 RIBA Royal Gold Medal. E ...

(born 1943), winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize

Actors

Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962 ...

(born 1936), actress * Giuseppe Bausilio (born 1997), performs on Broadway in the titular role of Billy in the Tony-award-winning musical Billy Elliot *

Jean-Luc Bideau Jean-Luc Bideau (born 1 October 1940) is a Swiss film actor. Personal life Jean-Luc Bideau is married to Marcela Salivarova, a director of Czechoslovak origin. Together, they have two children: Nicolas, head of Presence Switzerland, and Martin ...

(born 1940), comedian * Dimitri (1935–2016), clown *

Annemarie Düringer Annemarie Düringer (26 November 1925 – 26 November 2014) was a Swiss actress. She was born in Arlesheim, Basel-Landschaft. The daughter of a Swiss industrialist, she graduated from Cours Simon, Paris in 1946, and from the Max Reinhardt Semin ...

(1925–2014), film, television and stage actress *

Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz (; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Franc ...

(1941–2019), actor * Kat Graham (born 1989), actress, singer, model *

Viktor Giacobbo Viktor Giacobbo (born February 6, 1952) is a Swiss writer, comedian and actor. Life After school in Winterthur, he made an apprenticeship as a typesetter. Afterwards, he was a corrector, reader and media documentalist. Initially, he was auth ...

(born 1952), actor and comedian *

Mathias Gnädinger Mathias Gnädinger (25 March 1941 – 3 April 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor. Career Initially a typesetter and typographer, Gnädinger began his acting training at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'' (now part of the Zurich University of ...

(1941–2015), actor *

Curt Goetz Curt Goetz (; 17 November 1888 – 12 September 1960), born Kurt Walter Götz, was a Swiss German writer, actor and film director. He was regarded as one of the most brilliant German comedy writers of his time. With his wife Valérie von Marten ...

(1888–1960), actor and film director *

Grock Grock (born Charles Adrien Wettach; 10 January 1880 – 14 July 1959) was a Swiss clown, composer, and musician. Called “the king of clowns”Pat CashinGrockClown Alley (blog). (August 24, 2006). Retrieved April 22, 2011 and “the greatest of ...

(1880–1959), clown *

Gardi Hutter Gardi Hutter (born 5 March 1953 in Altstätten) is a Switzerland, Swiss Clown-comedian, author, actress and Cabaret artist and a clown of the classical rule. Life and career Born on 5 March 1953 in Altstätten, Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerla ...

(born 1953), clown, entertainer and actress *

Rebecca Indermaur Rebecca Indermaur (born 1976) is a Swiss film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Theres in the 2010 horror film '' Sennentuntschi'', Geissenpeterin in the 2015 children's film ''Heidi'', and as Mona in the 2018 romantic c ...

, actress

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Irène Jacob Irène Marie Jacob (born 15 July 1966) is a French-Swiss actress known for her work with Polish film director Krzysztof Kieślowski. She won the 1991 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for the Kieślowski film ''The Double Life of Vero ...

(born 1966), actress *

Marthe Keller Marthe Keller (born 28 January 1945) is a Swiss actress and opera director. She is perhaps best known for her role in the film ''Marathon Man (film), Marathon Man'' (1976), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting ...

(born 1945), actress and opera director *

Mathis Künzler Mathis Künzler (born June 13, 1978 in Basel) is a Swiss film, television and stage actor. He grew up in suburban Münchenstein Münchenstein (Swiss German: ''Minggestai'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel ...

(born 1978), film, television and stage actor *

Max Loong Max Loong is an actor and TV host. Swiss entertainment magazine w:de:Schweizer Illustrierte, Schweizer Illustrierte ranked him as one of the top 100 most important and influential Swiss personalities in 2007. In the same year, Elle Magazine Sing ...

(born 1980), actor and producer *

Stephanie Morgenstern Stephanie Morgenstern is a Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film. She has worked extensively on stage, film, and television in both English and French. Her most widely seen feature film credits have been '' The S ...

(born 1965), actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter for television and film *

Vincent Pérez Vincent Perez (born 10 June 1964) is a Swiss actor, director and photographer. He played the title character, Ashe Corven, in '' The Crow: City of Angels'', and starred in ''Queen of the Damned'', playing Marius de Romanus. Some of his films in ...

(born 1964), actor and director *

Liselotte Pulver Liselotte Pulver (born 11 October 1929), sometimes credited as Lilo Pulver, is a Swiss actress. Pulver was one of the biggest stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s, where she often was cast as a tomboy. She is well known for her hearty a ...

(born 1929) *

Maximilian Schell Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was an Austrian-born Swiss actor, who also wrote, directed and produced some of his own films. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film '' Judgment at Nuremberg'', ...

(1930–2014), actor and producer *

Michel Simon Michel Simon (; 9 April 1895 – 30 May 1975) was a Swiss-French actor. He appeared in many notable French films, including ''La Chienne'' (1931), ''Boudu Saved from Drowning'' (1932), ''L'Atalante'' (1934), ''Port of Shadows'' (1938), '' The He ...

(1895–1975), actor and comedian * Emil Steinberger (born 1933), comedian

Art

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* Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767–1849), painter * Cuno Peter Amiet (1868–1961) *

Thomas Ammann Thomas E. Ammann (1950 – 9 June 1993) was a leading Swiss art dealer in Impressionist and twentieth century art, and a collector of post-war and contemporary art. Life Born 1950 in Ermatingen, Switzerland, as the youngest of four children (Eve ...

(1950–1993), art dealer and collector *

Albert Anker Albrecht Samuel Anker (April 1, 1831 – July 16, 1910) was a Swiss painter and illustrator who has been called the "national painter" of Switzerland because of his enduringly popular depictions of 19th-century Swiss village life. Life Bor ...

(1831–1910) *

Jean Arcelin Jean Arcelin is a French and Swiss painter born in Paris in June 1962. He studied at Charpentier, a licensed art history school at the Sorbonne, where he developed an interest in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century painting. His paintings incorpo ...

(born 1962), painter *

Jean Arp Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp (16 September 1886 – 7 June 1966), better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter, and poet. He was known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist. Early life Arp was born in Straßburg (now Stras ...

(1886–1966), sculptor, painter and poet * René Auberjonois (1872–1957), painter * John Bernhard (born 1957), photographer * François Bocion (1828–1890), painter *

Arnold Böcklin Arnold Böcklin (16 October 182716 January 1901) was a Swiss symbolist painter. Biography He was born in Basel. His father, Christian Frederick Böcklin (b. 1802), was descended from an old family of Schaffhausen, and engaged in the silk trade ...

(1827–1901), painter *

Karl Bodmer Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 – 30 October 1893) was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator and hunter. Known as Karl Bodmer in literature and paintings, as a Swiss and French ...

(1809–1893), painter of the American West * Ferdinand Brader (1833–1901), folk art sketch artist of rural farm life in USA *

Mark Staff Brandl Mark Staff Brandl (born 1955) is an American-born artist, art historian and philosopher of art now living primarily in Switzerland. History Born in Peoria, Illinois and raised in Pekin, Illinois, Brandl is the son of Earl and Ruth Brandl, an ...

(born 1955), painter, installation artist, and critic *

Sonam Dolma Brauen Sonam Dolma Brauen (born 1953) is a Tibetan-Swiss contemporary painter and sculptor. Life and career Early life Sonam Dolma was born in Kongpo, Tibet (today Kongpo, Gongbo'gyamda County, Nyingchi Prefecture, Tibetan Autonomous Region, Ch ...

(born 1953), Swiss-Tibetan sculptor and painter *

Frank Buchser Frank (originally Franz) Buchser (1828–1890) was a Swiss painter. He is noted for his portraits of notable American figures of the post civil war period and for his works with Oriental themes. Life and work Born Franz Buchser on 15 August 1 ...

(1828–1890), painter *

Alexandre Calame Alexandre Calame (28 May 1810 – 19 March 1864) was a Swiss landscape painter, associated with the Düsseldorf School. Biography He was born in Arabie at the time belonging to Corsier-sur-Vevey, today a part of Vevey. He was the son of a skill ...

(1810–1864), painter *

Jean Crotti Jean Crotti (24 April 1878 – 30 January 1958) was a French painter. Crotti was born in Bulle, Fribourg, Switzerland. He first studied in Munich, Germany at the School of Decorative Arts, then at age 23 moved to Paris to study art at th ...

(1878–1958), painter * Adèle d'Affry (1836–1879), artist and sculptor * Jean Dunand (1877–1942), decorative artist, sculptor *

Hans Erni Hans Erni (February 21, 1909 – March 21, 2015) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor. Born in Lucerne, the third of eight siblings, to a cabin cruiser engineer, he studied art at the Académie Julian in Par ...

(1909–2015) *

Fischli & Weiss Peter Fischli (born 8 June 1952) and David Weiss (21 June 1946 – 27 April 2012), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, were a Swiss artist duo that collaborated beginning in 1979. Their best-known work is the film '' Der Lauf der Dinge'' (''Th ...

(born 1946 & 1952), artist duo *

Adrian Frutiger Adrian Johann Frutiger ( ; 24 May 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Swiss typeface designer who influenced the direction of type design in the second half of the 20th century. His career spanned the hot metal, phototypesetting and digital ...

(1928–2015), typeface designer *

Henry Fuseli Henry Fuseli ( ; German: Johann Heinrich Füssli ; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his works, such as ''The Nightmare'', deal with supernatur ...

(''Johann Heinrich Füssli'') (1741–1825), painter *

Johann Caspar Füssli Johann Caspar Füssli (3 January 1706 – 6 May 1782) was a Swiss portrait painter and writer. Biography Füssli was born in Zurich to Hans Rudolf Füssli, who was also a painter, and Elisabeth Schärer. He studied painting in Vienna betwee ...

(1706–1782), portrait painter *

Johann Kaspar Füssli Johann Kaspar Füssli, also written Johann Caspar Fuesslins or Fuessly (9 March 1743 – 4 May 1786), was a Swiss painter, entomologist and publisher. He was born in Zurich, the son of Johann Caspar Füssli (1706–1782) and Anna Elisabeth Waser ...

(1743–1786), entomologist * Karl Gerstner (1930–2017), graphic designer and painter *

Salomon Gessner Salomon Gessner (1730–1788) was a Swiss painter, graphic artist, government official, newspaper publisher and poet; best known in the latter instance for his ''Idylls''. Biography His father, Hans Konrad Gessner (1696–1775), was a printer, ...

(1730–1788) *

Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti (, , ; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, draftsman and printmaker. Beginning in 1922, he lived and worked mainly in Paris but regularly visited his hometown Borgonovo to see his family and ...

(1901–1966), sculptor, painter * H. R. Giger (1940–2014), illustrator *

Anton Graff Anton Graff (18 November 1736 – 22 June 1813) was an eminent Swiss portrait artist. Among his famous subjects were Friedrich Schiller, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Heinrich von Kleist, Frederick the Great, Friederike Sophie Seyler, Johann Got ...

(1736–1813), painter *

Eugène Grasset Eugène Samuel Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) was a Swiss decorative artist who worked in Paris, France in a variety of creative design fields during the Belle Époque. He is considered a pioneer in Art Nouveau design. Biography G ...

(1845–1917), decorative artist *

Willi Gutmann Willi Gutmann was a notable Swiss sculptor. Gutmann was born in 1927 in the town of Dielsdorf, Switzerland, near Zurich. He died on February 21, 2013. He began his career as an architect and designer but moved on to sculpture in the early 1960s. ...

(1927–2013), sculptor * Stefan Haenni (born 1958), painter *

Andreas Heusser Andreas Heusser (born 1976) is a Swiss conceptual artist and curator based in Zurich and Johannesburg. Education After completing an intermediate diploma in psychology in 2001, Andreas Heusser studied philosophy and German literature at the ...

(1976), conceptual artist and curator * Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918), painter Angelica Kauffmann 006

* Max Huber (1919–1992), graphic designer * Anna Indermaur (1894–1980), painter and sculptor *

Robert Indermaur Robert Indermaur (born 9 June 1947) is a Swiss painter and sculptor. Originally trained as a schoolteacher, Indermaur became a freelance artist in 1969, producing contemporary paintings and sculptures. He rose to prominence in the 1970s, and crea ...

(born 1947), painter and sculptor *

Angelica Kauffman Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann ( ; 30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, K ...

(1741–1807), painter * Jorg Khun (1940–1964), wildlife artist and illustrator *

Paul Klee Paul Klee (; 18 December 1879 – 29 June 1940) was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented ...

(1879–1940), painter *

Rudolf Koller Rudolf Koller (21 May 1828 – 5 January 1905) was a Swiss painter. He is associated with a realist and classicist style, and also with the essentially Romanticism, romantic Düsseldorf school of painting. Koller's style is similar to that of the ...

(1828–1905), painter * Rosa Lachenmeier (born 1959), contemporary artist * Catherine Leutenegger (born 1983), visual artist * Albert "Lindi" Lindegger (1904–1991), illustrator and painter * Rochus Lussi (born 1965), artist * Niklaus Manuel (1484–1530), painter * Auguste de Niederhausern-Rodo (1863–1913), sculptor * Sibylle Pasche (born 1976), sculptor * Roger Pfund (born 1943), painter, graphic designer *

James Pradier James Pradier (born Jean-Jacques Pradier, ; 23 May 1790 – 4 June 1852) was a Genevan-born French sculptor best known for his work in the neoclassical style. Life and work Born in Geneva (then Republic of Geneva), Pradier was the son of a Prot ...

(1790–1852), sculptor *

Oskar Reinhart Oskar Reinhart (11 June 1885 – 16 September 1965) was a Swiss arts patron and art collector, born in Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberemb ...

(1885–1965), collector * Iris von Roten-Meyer (1917–1990), lawyer and artist Vallotton Mon portrait 1885

Jacques Sablet Jacques-Henri Sablet (1749–1803) was a French painter, part of a family of artists of Swiss origin. Sablet was born in Lausanne. He studied with his father, the painter and picture dealer Jacob Sablet (1720–1798), before moving to Paris i ...

(1749–1803), painter * Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor, became Swiss in 1971 * Albin Schweri (1885–1946), painter, glass painter *

Peter Schweri Peter Schweri (* 20 June 1939 in Dietikon – 25 November 2016 in Zürich, Zurich) was a Swiss artist, painter, illustrator, photographer and from 2008 on a music composer. He is a representative of the "Zurich Constructivism (art), constructivis ...

(1939–2016), painter, illustrator *

Nadja Sieger Nadja Sieger (* 22. Mai 1968 in Zürich) is a Swiss comedian, singer, writer, actress and producer, better known as ''Nadeschkin'' of the comedian duo Ursus & Nadeschkin. Life and career Born 1968 in Zürich, Nadja Sieger attended a Gymnasium i ...

(born 1968), comedian, actress, jazz-vocalist, known as ''Nadeschkin'' * Gerold Späth (born 1939), Swiss poet and writer *

Théophile Steinlen Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (November 10, 1859 – December 13, 1923), was a Swiss-born French Art Nouveau painter and printmaker. Biography Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, Steinlen studied at the University of Lausanne before taking a job ...

(1859–1923), painter and printmaker *

Harald Szeemann '' Harald Szeemann (11 June 1933 – 18 February 2005) was a Swiss curator, artist, and art historian. Having curated more than 200 exhibitions, many of which have been characterized as groundbreaking, Szeemann is said to have helped redefine the ro ...

(1933–2005), curator *

Sophie Taeuber-Arp Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp (; 19 January 1889 – 13 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer. Born in 1889 in Davos, and raised in Trogen, Switzerlan ...

(1889–1943), painter, sculptor *

Myriam Thyes Myriam Thyes (born 1963 in Luxembourg) is a new media artist from Switzerland. She lives and works in Düsseldorf. Biography Myriam Thyes was born in Luxembourg and grew up in Zürich. After getting certificate of higher education entranc ...

(born 1963), new media artist *

Jean Tinguely Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century. Tinguely's art ...

(1925–1991), kinetic artist * Rodolphe Toepffer (1799–1846) * Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), painter * Isabelle Waldberg (1911–1990), sculptor * Ricco Wassmer (1915–1972), painter *

Marianne von Werefkin Marianne von Werefkin, born Marianna Vladimirovna Veryovkina ( rus, Мариа́нна Влади́мировна Верёвкина, Marianna Vladimirovna Veryovkina, mərʲɪˈanːə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə vʲɪˈrʲɵfkʲɪnə; – 6 Febr ...

(1860–1938), painter

Aviation

* Oskar Bider (1891–1919), aviation pioneer * Alfred Comte (1895–1965), pilot, co-director

Ad Astra Aero Ad Astra Aero (Latin for "to the stars air") was a Swiss airline based at Zürichhorn in Zürich. Early years Initiated by Oskar Bider and Fritz Rihner, in July 1919 the "Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Lufttourismus" (literally: Swiss ...

, engineer * Raphaël Domjan (born 1972), explorer, founder and pilot of SolarStratos *

Armand Dufaux Armand Dufaux (1883–1941) was a Swiss aviation pioneer who became famous for flying the length of Lake Geneva in 1910. His mother was Noémie de Rochefort-Luçay, daughter of French politician Henri Rochefort and his father was Swiss artist ...

(1883–1941) * Henri Dufaux (1879–1980) *

Ernest Failloubaz Ernest Failloubaz (27 July 1892 in Avenches – 14 May 1919 in Lausanne) was a Swiss aviation pioneer. He received pilot's brevet number 1, issued in Switzerland on 11 October 1910, and made the first flight in Switzerland of an aircraft built and ...

(1892–1919), pilot, instructor, Swiss pilot's brevet number 1 * René Grandjean (1884–1963), pilot, engineer * Else Haugk (1889–1973), first Swiss woman to earn a pilot's licence in May 1914 * Walter Mittelholzer (1894–1937), pilot, director of Ad Astra Aero,

Swissair Swissair AG/ S.A. (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002. It was formed from a merger between Bal ...

Claude Nicollier Claude Nicollier (born 2 September 1944 in Vevey, Switzerland) is the first astronaut from Switzerland. He has flown on four Space Shuttle missions. His first spaceflight (STS-46) was in 1992, and his final spaceflight (STS-103) was in 1999. He t ...

(born 1944), pilot, astronaut *

Bertrand Piccard Bertrand Piccard FRSGS (born 1 March 1958) is a Swiss explorer, psychiatrist and environmentalist. Along with Brian Jones, he was the first to complete a non-stop balloon flight around the globe, in a balloon named Breitling Orbiter 3. He was ...

(born 1958), psychiatrist, balloonist, founder and pilot of

Solar Impulse Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range experimental solar-powered aircraft project, and also the name of the project's two operational aircraft. The privately financed project is led by Swiss engineer and businessman André Borschberg and Swiss ...

Yves Rossy Yves Rossy (born 27 August 1959) is a Swiss military-trained pilot and an aviation enthusiast. He is known as the inventor of a series of experimental individual jet packs, the latest using carbon-fiber wings for flight. Often referred to as " ...

(born 1959), pilot, "jet-man" *

Eduard Spelterini Eduard Spelterini (2 June 1852 – 16 June 1931) was a Swiss pioneer of ballooning and of aerial photography. Early life Spelterini was born in Bazenheid in the Toggenburg area in Switzerland as Eduard Schweizer.Degen, p. 39. His father, ...

(1852–1931), balloonist * Emile Taddéoli (1879–1920), pilot, Swiss pilot's brevet number 2, chief pilot on seaplanes Ad Astra Aero

Business

Daniel Aegerter Daniel Simon Aegerter (born July 20, 1969) is a Swiss businessman and venture capitalist. Formerly founder and CEO of Tradex Technologies, he later founded Armada Investment AG to manage his wealth. He was an early investor in Nutmeg (company), ...

(born 1969), investor and entrepreneur * Carl Franz Bally (1821–1899), founder of the

Bally Shoe Bally is a Swiss luxury fashion house, established in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally and his brother Fritz in Schönenwerd, Solothurn, as Bally & Co. Historically known for its shoes, the house also specializes in bags, accessories, and ready-to-wea ...

company *

Ernesto Bertarelli Ernesto Silvio Maurizio Bertarelli (born 22 September 1965) is an Italian-born Swiss billionaire businessman and philanthropist. The 2017 edition of the Sunday Times Rich List estimated the family's wealth at £11.5 billion, an increase of £1. ...

(born 1965), entrepreneur, founder of

Team Alinghi Alinghi, or Alinghi Red Bull Racing because of the sports marketing branding by Red Bull, is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup, as well as ...

* Daniel Borel (born 1950), founder of

Logitech Logitech International S.A. ( ; often shortened to Logi) is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of computer peripherals and software, with headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Newark, California. The company has offices throughout Europe ...

Abraham-Louis Breguet Abraham-Louis Breguet (10 January 1747 – 17 September 1823), born in Neuchâtel, then a Prussian principality, was a horologist who made many innovations in the course of a career in watchmaking industry. He was the founder of the Bregue ...

(1747–1823), watchmaker *

François-Louis Cailler François-Louis Cailler (11 June 1796 – 6 April 1852) was a Swiss entrepreneur and early chocolatier who founded Cailler, the first modern brand of Swiss chocolate and the oldest still in existence, in 1819. Biography Cailler was born in V ...

(1796–1852), chocolatier *

Arthur Chevrolet Arthur Chevrolet, (April 25, 1884 – April 16, 1946) was a Swiss racecar driver and automobile manufacturer. Biography Born in Bonfol, Canton of Jura, Switzerland, Arthur was the middle brother of Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), founder of th ...

(1884–1946), automobile engineer, race car driver, entrepreneur *

Louis Chevrolet Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (; December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was a Swiss-American race car driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911. Early life Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 18 ...

(1878–1941), automobile engineer, race car driver, founder of

Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941) and ou ...

* Raphael H. Cohen (born 1953), serial entrepreneur and business angel * Rolf Dobelli (born 1966), entrepreneur, author and founder of the World Minds foundation *

Gottlieb Duttweiler Gottlieb Duttweiler (15 August 1888 – 8 June 1962) was a Swiss businessman and politician, founder of both the Migros chain of grocery stores and the Alliance of Independents (''Landesring der Unabhängigen'') party. Life and work Duttweile ...

(1888–1962), entrepreneur, founder of

Migros Migros () is Switzerland's largest retail company, its largest supermarket chain and largest employer. It is also one of the forty largest retailers in the world. It is structured in the form of a cooperative federation (the Federation of Mig ...

Alfred Escher Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas, known as Alfred Escher (20 February 1819 – 6 December 1882) was a Swiss politician, business leader and railways pioneer. Thanks to his numerous political posts and his significant role in the foundat ...

(1819–1882), statesman, businessman and railway constructor *

Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth (born 24 August 1767 in Zürich; died 9 March 1823) was a Swiss scientist, artist, and politician. He headed the "Great Council of Switzerland" in 1798, a period of French occupation. He also published a survey o ...

(1767–1823), architect of the Lint melioration * Louis Favre (1826–1879), engineer of the Gotthard tunnel *

Elsa Gasser Elsa Felicya Gasser-Pfau (6 June 1896 – 25 August 1967) was a Polish-born Swiss economist. After earning a PhD in Zürich in 1921, she settled in the city working as a journalist for the ''Neue Zürcher Zeitung''. From the early 1930s, she beca ...

(1896–1967), economist, business executive *

Nessim Gaon Nessim David Gaon ( ar, نسيم جاعون, ; 22 February 1922 – 10 May 2022) was a Sudan-born Swiss financier who created the Noga SA. Outside the business world, he was very prominent in Jewish affairs, acting as president of the World Se ...

(1922–2022), financier, founder of the Noga company *

Adolf Guyer-Zeller Adolf Guyer-Zeller (1 May 1839 – 3 April 1899) was a Swiss entrepreneur. Born in Bäretswil, Switzerland on 1 May 1839, Guyer-Zeller was the son of an owner of spinning mill and creator of a textile export trade in Zürich. After the death of hi ...

(1839–1899), railway entrepreneur *

Nicolas Hayek Nicolas George Hayek (19 February 1928 – 28 June 2010), was a Swiss businessman of Lebanese descent, and the co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of The Swatch Group. Early life and education Hayek was born the second of three children, ...

(1928–2010), entrepreneur, chairman, Swatch Group Henry Nestle

* Pierre Hemmer (1950–2013), one of the Internet pioneers in Switzerland * Baron Jean-Conrad Hottinguer (1764–1841), banker *

Henri Nestlé Henri Nestlé () (born Heinrich Nestle; 10 August 1814 – 7 July 1890) was a German-Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company. Early life Heinrich Nestle was born on 10 August 1814 in Frankfu ...

(1814–1890), founder of Nestlé S.A. *

Daniel Peter Daniel Peter (9 March 1836 – 4 November 1919) was a Swiss chocolatier and entrepreneur who founded Peter's Chocolate. A neighbour of Henri Nestlé in Vevey, he was one of the first chocolatiers to make milk chocolate and is credited for inven ...

(1836–1919), inventor of milk chocolate * Georges Edouard Piaget (1855–1931), watchmaker * Beat Fischer von Reichenbach (1641–1698), held postal monopoly in Berne * Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), industrialist, philanthropist, music and literature patron *

Tibor Rosenbaum Pinchas Tibor Rosenbaum ( yi, פנחס סג"ל ליטש ראזענבוים; 1923–1980) was a Hungarian-born Swiss Jewish rabbi and businessman and one of the heads of the Jewish community in Switzerland who saved hundreds of Jews during The Ho ...

(1923–1980), businessman *

Guy Spier Guy Spier (born February 4, 1966) is a Zurich-based investor. He is the author of ''The Education of a Value Investor''. Spier is the manager of the Aquamarine Fund with $350 million in assets. He is well known for bidding US$650,100 with Mohni ...

(born 1966), investor, author *

Philippe Suchard Philippe Suchard (9 October 1797 – 14 January 1884) was a Swiss chocolatier, industrialist and entrepreneur. He founded Chocolat Suchard in 1826. Early life Suchard was born on 9 October 1797, in Boudry, to Louise Sophie Dubey and Guillaume Su ...

(1797–1884), chocolatier *

Ernst Thomke Ernst Thomke (born 21 April 1939) is a Swiss physician and watchmaker. Training first as a mechanic, he later acquired the Swiss federal maturity degree and pursued academic studies whilst in employment. Early life and education Thomke was born ...

(born 1939) in

Biel/Bienne , french: Biennois(e) , neighboring_municipalities= Brügg, Ipsach, Leubringen/Magglingen (''Evilard/Macolin''), Nidau, Orpund, Orvin, Pieterlen, Port, Safnern, Tüscherz-Alfermée, Vauffelin , twintowns = Iserlohn (Germany) ...

, turnaround manager, e.g.

Swatch Swatch is a Swiss watchmaker founded in 1983 by Ernst Thomke, Elmar Mock, and Jacques Müller. It is a subsidiary of The Swatch Group. The Swatch product line was developed as a response to the "quartz crisis" of the 1970s and 1980s, in which ...

Daniel Vasella Daniel Lucius Vasella (born 15 August 1953) is a Swiss medical doctor, author, and executive who served as CEO and chairman of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG, the world's fifth largest drug company. During his tenure Novartis shares ...

(born 1953), chairman of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG *

Yomi Denzel Yomi Denzel Olaniyi, born 1 August 1996 in Lausanne, is a Swiss-born Nigerian entrepreneur and YouTuber. Early life, education and beginnings Yomi Denzel Olaniyi was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, into a family of modest means. His father ...

(born 1996), entrepreneur and youtuber

Dancers

* Giuseppe Bausilio (born 1997), performs on Broadway in the titular role in the Tony-award-winning musical ''Billy Elliot'' *

Flore Revalles Flore (or Flora) Revalles (January 25, 1889 – August 29, 1966) was a Swiss entertainer active over the early decades of the twentieth century. Revalles began as a singer in Switzerland, danced with the Ballets Russes in Europe and America and a ...

(1889–1966), principal dancer with

Ballets Russes The Ballets Russes () was an itinerant ballet company begun in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in Russia, where the Revolution disrupted society. ...

c. 1915–1918

Filmmakers

* Arthur Cohn (born 1927), film producer, received six

Oscars The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

Marc Forster Marc Forster (born 30 November 1969) is a Swiss filmmaker. He is best known for directing the feature films ''Monster's Ball'', '' Finding Neverland'', '' Stranger than Fiction'', ''The Kite Runner'', ''Quantum of Solace'', ''World War Z'', and ' ...

(born 1969), film director, ''

Monster's Ball ''Monster's Ball'' is a 2001 American drama film directed by Marc Forster, produced by Lee Daniels and written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, who also appear in the film. It stars Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, and Peter Boy ...

'', '' Finding Neverland'', and the

James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors hav ...

movie ''

Quantum of Solace ''Quantum of Solace'' is a 2008 spy film and the twenty-second in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions. It is the sequel to ''Casino Royale'' (2006). Directed by Marc Forster and written by Neil Purvis, Robert Wade, and ...

'' *

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran ...

(born 1930), director, screenwriter and critic *

Claude Goretta Claude Goretta (23 June 1929 – 20 February 2019) was a Swiss television producer and film director. Life and Career His 1973 film '' L'Invitation'' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. His 1981 film '' La prov ...

(1929–2019), director *

Moritz de Hadeln Moritz de Hadeln (born 21 December 1940 in Exeter, Devon, England) is a Swiss documentary film director and photographer, who became a Film Festival, Film Festival director. He was the founder of Swiss documentary film festival Visions du Réel. ...

(born 1940), director, film festival director *

Markus Imhoof Markus Imhoof (born 19 September 1941) is a Swiss film director, screenwriter, theatre and opera director. Biography He began his career as a documentary maker, focusing on controversial issues. His 1968 film ''Rondo'' was a critical look at ...

(born 1941), director *

Xavier Koller Xavier Koller (born 1944, Schwyz, Switzerland) is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. He is most known for his work on the Disney live action film '' Squanto: A Warrior's Tale'', an adventure historical fiction film based on the life of Squa ...

(born 1944), director * Fred Roy Krug (1929), American producer, director *

Daniel Schmid Daniel Walter Schmid (26 December 1941 – 5 August 2006) was a Swiss theatre and film director. Biography In 1982, his film ''Hécate'' was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. His film ''Beresina, or the Last Days of Swi ...

(1941–2006), director *

Alain Tanner Alain Tanner (6 December 1929 – 11 September 2022) was a Swiss film director. Early years and education Tanner was born in Geneva, and studied economics at the University of Geneva. In 1951, he joined the film club which Claude Goretta had r ...

(born 1929), director

Mathematics

Paul Bernays Paul Isaac Bernays (17 October 1888 – 18 September 1977) was a Swiss mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, and the philosophy of mathematics. He was an assistant and close collaborator of ...

(1888–1977), made significant contributions to mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, and the philosophy of mathematics *

Daniel Bernoulli Daniel Bernoulli FRS (; – 27 March 1782) was a Swiss mathematician and physicist and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family from Basel. He is particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mecha ...

(1700–1782), mathematician and physicist * Jakob Bernoulli (1654–1705), Swiss mathematician *

Johann Bernoulli Johann Bernoulli (also known as Jean or John; – 1 January 1748) was a Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. He is known for his contributions to infinitesimal calculus and educating Le ...

(1667–1748), Swiss mathematician *

Daniel Bleichenbacher Daniel Bleichenbacher (born 1964) is a Swiss cryptographer, previously a researcher at Bell Labs, and currently employed at Google. He received his Ph.D. from ETH Zurich in 1996 for contributions to computational number theory, particularly conc ...

(born 1964), mathematician and cryptographer *

Armand Borel Armand Borel (21 May 1923 – 11 August 2003) was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States from 1957 to 1993. He worked in ...

(1923–2003), mathematician

Leonhard Euler Leonhard Euler ( , ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geographer, logician and engineer who founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made pioneering and influential discoveries ...

(1707–1783), mathematician and geometer *

Hugo Hadwiger Hugo Hadwiger (23 December 1908 in Karlsruhe, Germany – 29 October 1981 in Bern, Switzerland) was a Swiss mathematician, known for his work in geometry, combinatorics, and cryptography. Biography Although born in Karlsruhe, Germany, Hadwi ...

(1908–1981), mathematician * Edward Kofler (1911–2007), mathematician *

Konrad Osterwalder Konrad Osterwalder (born June 3, 1942) is a Swiss mathematician and physicist, former Undersecretary-General of the United Nations, former Rector of the United Nations University (UNU), and Rector Emeritus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Techn ...

(born 1942), mathematician and physicist * Michel Plancherel (1885–1967), mathematician * Georges de Rham (1903–1990), mathematician *

Ludwig Schläfli Ludwig Schläfli (15 January 1814 – 20 March 1895) was a Swiss mathematician, specialising in geometry and complex analysis (at the time called function theory) who was one of the key figures in developing the notion of higher-dimensional space ...

(1814–1895), mathematician *

Jakob Steiner Jakob Steiner (18 March 1796 – 1 April 1863) was a Swiss mathematician who worked primarily in geometry. Life Steiner was born in the village of Utzenstorf, Canton of Bern. At 18, he became a pupil of Heinrich Pestalozzi and afterwards st ...

(1796–1863), mathematician and physicist *

Ernst Specker Ernst Paul Specker (11 February 1920, Zurich – 10 December 2011, Zurich) was a Swiss mathematician. Much of his most influential work was on Quine's New Foundations, a set theory with a universal set, but he is most famous for the Kochen ...

(1920–2011), mathematician *

Eduard Stiefel Eduard L. Stiefel (21 April 1909 – 25 November 1978) was a Swiss mathematician. Together with Cornelius Lanczos and Magnus Hestenes, he invented the conjugate gradient method, and gave what is now understood to be a partial construction of the ...

(1909–1978), mathematician

Military

Pierre Victor Besenval de Bronstatt Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

(1721–1791) *

Guillaume-Henri Dufour Guillaume Henri Dufour (15 September 178714 July 1875) was a Swiss military officer, structural engineer and topographer. He served under Napoleon I and held the Swiss office of General four times in his career, firstly in 1847 when he led th ...

(1787–1875), General, geographer *

Henri Guisan Henri Guisan (; 21 October 1874 – 7 April 1960) was a Swiss army officer who held the office of the General of the Swiss Armed Forces during the Second World War. He was the fourth and the most recent man to be appointed to the rarely us ...

(1874–1960), General during World War II *

Hans Herzog Hans Herzog (28 October 18192 February 1894) was a Swiss army officer, and was elected Switzerland's General during the Franco-Prussian War. Born in Aarau, he became an artillery lieutenant in 1840, and then spent six years in travelling (v ...

(1819–1894), General 1870–1871 *

Antoine-Henri Jomini Antoine-Henri Jomini (; 6 March 177922 March 1869) was a Swiss military officer who served as a general in French and later in Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini's ideas are a staple at ...

(1779–1869), General, military writer * Christophe Keckeis (born 1945), Chief of the

Armed Forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

(2004–2007) * Elmar Mäder, commander of the

Swiss Guard The Pontifical Swiss Guard (also Papal Swiss Guard or simply Swiss Guard; la, Pontificia Cohors Helvetica; it, Guardia Svizzera Pontificia; german: Päpstliche Schweizergarde; french: Garde suisse pontificale; rm, Guardia svizra papala) is ...

(2002–) *

Pius Segmüller Pius Segmüller (born 8 March 1952) is a Swiss politician and former commander of the Swiss Guard in the Vatican City (1998-2002). Segmüller was appointed Commander of the Swiss Guard following the death of Alois Estermann. In 2002, he was succ ...

(born 1952), commander of the Swiss Guard (1998–2002) *

Theophil Sprecher von Bernegg Theophil Andreas Luzius Sprecher von Bernegg (27 April 1850, Maienfeld – 6 December 1927) was a Swiss politician and military Chief of the General Staff (1905–1919). At the outbreak of World War I, he declined the office of General, which l ...

(1850–1927) * Ulrich Wille (1848–1925), General during World War I

Music

Mia Aegerter Mia Aegerter is a Swiss musician, model, and stage and film actress. Childhood and early career Mia Aegerter was born on October 9, 1976 into an artist family in Fribourg, Switzerland. Her parents were members of a band, which drew Aegerter to th ...

(born 1976), pop musician *

Martin Eric Ain Martin Eric Ain (born Martin Erich Stricker; July 18, 1967 – October 21, 2017) was a musician best known as the bassist of the influential extreme metal bands Hellhammer and Celtic Frost. He used the stage name Martin Eric Ain throughout. B ...

(born 1967),

Celtic Frost Celtic Frost () was a Swiss extreme metal band from Zürich. They are known for their strong influence on the development of extreme metalBukszpan, Daniel. ''The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal''. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2003. p.43 and avant-garde ...

bassist *

Ernest Ansermet Ernest Alexandre Ansermet (; 11 November 1883 – 20 February 1969)"Ansermet, Ernest" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th edn., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 435. was a Swiss conductor. Biography Ansermet ...

(1883–1969), conductor *

Lys Assia Lys Assia (born Rosa Mina Schärer; 3 March 1924 – 24 March 2018) was a Swiss singer who won the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956. Assia was born in Rupperswil, Aargau, and began her stage career as a dancer, but changed to singing in 1940 ...

(1924–2018), singer * Chiara Banchini (born 1946), violinist, conductor * Rene Baumann (born 1968), musician, dancer, known as

DJ Bobo Peter René Baumann (born 5 January 1968), better known under his stage name DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer-songwriter, rapper, dancer, and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums as well as several ...

* Bertrand Bitz (born 1978), singer and songwriter * Daniel Boemle (1960–2007), DJ and radio personality *

Urs Bühler Urs Toni Bühler (born 19 July 1971) is a Swiss classically trained tenor. He is a member of the classical crossover group Il Divo, who have sold over 30 million copies worldwide discs. Biography Early life His musical training started ...

(born 1971), tenor, member of

Il Divo Il Divo (; ) are a multi-national classical crossover vocal group. The male quartet, which originated in the United Kingdom in December 2003, consists of tenors Urs Bühler, David Miller, and Sébastien Izambard. It also included baritone ...

* Dominik Burkhalter (born 1975), bandleader, composer,

drummer A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums. Most contemporary western bands that play rock, pop, jazz, or R&B music include a drummer for purposes including timekeeping and embellishing the musical timbre. The drummer's ...

* Caroline Charrière (1960–2018), composer, flautist, choir director, educator *

Michel Corboz Michel Corboz (14 February 1934 – 2 September 2021) was a Swiss conductor. Life Corboz was born in Marsens, Switzerland, and educated in his native canton of Fribourg. He studied vocal performance and composition at the conservatory in Fribourg ...

(born 1934), conductor * Claudia D'Addio, pop musician,

Eurovision Song Contest 2006 The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Athens, Greece, following the country's victory at the with the song " My Number One" by Helena Paparizou. Organised by the European Broadcast ...

and MusicStars contestant * Rachel Kolly d'Alba (born 1981), solo violinist * Emile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865–1950), musician, educator, developer of

Eurhythmics Dalcroze eurhythmics, also known as the Dalcroze method or simply eurhythmics, is one of several developmental approaches including the Kodály method, Orff Schulwerk and Suzuki Method used to teach music to students. Eurhythmics was develope ...

* Philippe Decourroux (born 1962), Christian singer and drummer *

Henri Dès Henri Dès (born 14 December 1940 in Renens, Vaud, Switzerland as Henri Destraz) is a Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter immensely popular in European Francophone countries. In 1970, he released his first album, ''Retour''. D� ...

(born 1940), singer and songwriter * Andy Egert (born 1961), blues guitarist, singer and songwriter *

Electroboy Electroboy (born Florian Burkhardt 13 March 1974) is a Swiss model, author, conceptioner, graphic designer, electronic musician and music producer. He lives in Berlin. Electroboy produces electronic trash-pop and electroclash with simple, cheek ...

(born 1974), electronic music producer * Edwin Fischer (1886–1960), pianist and conductor *

Thomas Gabriel Fischer Thomas Gabriel Fischer (born 19 July 1963), also known by his stage names of Tom G. Warrior and Satanic Slaughter, is a Swiss metal musician. He led the groups Hellhammer and Celtic Frost, and today is the frontman of the band Triptykon. Caree ...

(born 1963),

guitarist, singer *

Peter Giger Peter Giger (born April 12, 1939 in Zurich) is a Swiss percussionist and bandleader, formerly of the band :de:Dzyan.Steve Freeman, Alan Freeman ''The crack in the cosmic egg: encyclopedia of Krautrock'' 1996 "The talented percussionist, formerly ...

(born 1939), percussionist and bandleader *

Peter-Lukas Graf Peter-Lukas Graf (5 January 1929) is a Swiss flautist born in Zürich, Switzerland. He was a pupil of André Jaunet, and later attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he won first prize with Marcel Moyse and Roger Cortot. Besides playing t ...

(born 1929), conductor *

Ernst Haefliger Ernst Haefliger (6 July 191917 March 2007) was a Swiss tenor. Biography Haefliger was born in Davos, Switzerland, on 6 July 1919 and studied at the Wettinger Seminary and the Zürich Conservatory. Later he became a pupil of Fernando Carpi in G ...

(1919–2007), tenor * Heinz Holliger (born 1939), oboist Arthur Honegger (timbre RFA)

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 t ...

(1892–1955), composer *

Philippe Huttenlocher Philippe Huttenlocher (born 29 November 1942) is a Swiss baritone. Life and career He was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He first studied violin at the conservatory in Neuchâtel, and then voice in Fribourg. In 1972, he won the international sin ...

(born 1942), bass * Rahel Indermaur, (born 1980) opera singer * Christian Jacob (born 1958), jazz pianist * Michael Jarrell (born 1958), composer * Daniel Kandlbauer (born 1983), pop musician and MusicStars contestant * Kuno Lauener (born 1961), lead singer of

Bernese Bernese is the adjectival form for the canton of Bern or for Bern. Bernese may also refer to: * Bernese German, a Swiss German dialect of Alemannic origin generally spoken in the canton of Bern and its capital, and in some neighbouring regions * ...

rock band

Züri West Züri West (Swiss German for '' Zürich West'') is a Swiss rock band. Most of their songs are written in Bernese German. The band's name is an ironic reference to Bern, the capital of Switzerland, as merely a place west of Zürich, the largest ...

Carlos Leal Carlos Leal (born 9 July 1969) is a Swiss rapper and actor. Leal was born in Lausanne to Galician immigrants. In 1990, he co-founded Sens Unik. The group produced four gold records and contributed music to the films ''La Haine'' (1995) and '' Neu ...

(born 1969), rapper and actor; best known as a member of the hip-hop group

Sens Unik Sens Unik was a Swiss Hip hop group from Lausanne, which was founded in 1987 and disbanded in 2010. Sens Unik received 4 gold records and contributed to music of films ''La Haine'' and '' Neutre''. The six members were: Just One, Carlos Leal, Ra ...

Pepe Lienhard Pepe Lienhard (born Peter Rudolf Lienhard; 23 March 1946 in Lenzburg) is a Swiss bandleader and musician. Life Lienhard started a band called "The College Stompers" while he was still in school. He studied law at university but left without a d ...

(born 1939), band leader and saxophone player * Frank Martin (1890–1974), composer Andreas Vollenweider walking

Mani Matter Mani Matter (4 August 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee – 24 November 1972 in Kilchberg, Zurich, officially Hans-Peter Matter) was a popular Swiss singer-songwriter. Biography Mani Matter was born on 4 August 1936 in Herzogenbuchsee, Canton of Bern. ...

(1936–1972), singer *

Jojo Mayer Sergé "Jojo" Mayer (born 18 January 1963) is a Swiss virtuoso drummer born in Zürich and currently residing in New York City. Mayer is the son of touring musician and bass player Vali Mayer and the brother of actress Delia Mayer. He began his ...

(born 1963), drummer *

Dieter Meier Dieter Meier (born 4 March 1945) is a Swiss industrialist, musician and conceptual artist. He is the frontman of the electronic music group Yello, which was co-founded (with ex-member Carlos Perón) by music producer Boris Blank. He is a voca ...

(born 1945), singer of electronica band

Yello Yello is a Swiss electronic music band, which formed in Zürich in 1979. For most of the band's history, Yello has been a duo consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank; founding member Carlos Perón left in 1983. Their sound is often charac ...

, which had hits "Oh Yeah" and "The Race" *

Mandy Meyer Armand "Mandy" Meyer (born August 29 1960) is a Swiss-Canadian guitarist best known for being a member of the hard rock band Gotthard, the progressive rock band Asia, and the heavy metal band Krokus. Meyer has also worked with Cobra, Stealin' H ...

(born 1960), guitarist, played in bands Asia, Gotthard and Krokus *

Patrick Moraz Patrick Philippe Moraz (born 24 June 1948) is a Swiss musician, film composer and songwriter, best known for his tenures as keyboardist in the rock bands Yes and The Moody Blues. Born into a musical family, Moraz learned music at a young age a ...

(born 1948), keyboardist with

Yes Yes or YES may refer to: * An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no Education * YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US * YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talent ...

and

Moody Blues Moody may refer to: Places * Moody, Alabama, U.S. * Moody, Indiana, U.S. * Moody, Missouri, U.S. * Moody, Texas, U.S. * Moody County, South Dakota, U.S. * Port Moody, British Columbia, Canada * Hundred of Moody, a cadastral division in Sout ...

Paolo Pandolfo Paolo Pandolfo is an Italian virtuoso player, composer, and teacher of music for the viola da gamba, born on January 31, 1964. He began his studies as a double bass and guitar player, becoming a skilled performer of jazz and popular music.Ernesto ...

, violist (viola da gamba) *

Zlatko Perica Zlatko Perica (born 16 February 1969 in Rijeka, Yugoslavia) is a guitarist. He has played for the German group Tangerine Dream,

(born 1969), better known as "Slädu", played guitar in bands as

Tangerine Dream Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music band founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The group has seen many personnel changes over the years, with Froese having been the only constant member until his death in January 2015. The best-known lineup ...

Gölä Marco Pfeuti (born 1968 in Oppligen near Thun), better known by his stage name Gölä, is a popular Swiss rock musician performing mainly in Bernese German. Career The debut album of Gölä's eponymous band ''Uf u dervo'' (1998; en, Up and Away ...

* Carlos Perón (born 1952), producer and former singer of electronica band Yello * Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), industrialist, philanthropist, music and literature patron *

Othmar Schoeck Othmar Schoeck (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957) was a Swiss Romantic classical composer, opera composer, musician, and conductor. He was known mainly for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles, though he also wrote a number ...

(1886–1957), composer *

Ludwig Senfl Ludwig Senfl (born around 1486, died between December 2, 1542 and August 10, 1543) was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. He was the most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of Maximilian I, Hol ...

(1486–1542/3), Renaissance composer *

Marc Storace Marc Storace (''Sto-rah-che'') (born 7 October 1951) is a Maltese born rock vocalist. His career in music started in the 1960s. He is most noted for his position as frontman, lead singer and songwriter of Swiss hard rock band Krokus from 1980. B ...

(born 1951), Maltese-Swiss rock vocalist and songwriter; best known as singer of hard rock band Krokus * Eric Tappy (born 1931), tenor *

Martin Tillman Martin Tillman (born 6 November 1964) is a Swiss cellist and composer. Biography Tillman was born in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1964. He arrived in the US in 1988. He has since performed/composed on numerous films, television shows, commercials and ...

(born 1964), film music composer *

Tina Turner Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss retired singer and actress. Widely referred to as the " Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before ...

(born 1939), became Swiss in 2013 * Silvio Varviso (1924–2006), conductor, especially of opera *

Andreas Vollenweider Andreas Vollenweider (born 4 October 1953) is a Swiss harpist. He is generally categorised as a new-age musician and uses a modified electroacoustic harp of his own design. He has worked with Bobby McFerrin, Carly Simon, Luciano Pavarotti and in ...

(born 1953), Grammy award-winning harpist *

Chris von Rohr Christoph "Chris" von Rohr (born 24 October 1951 in Solothurn) is a Swiss rock musician, record producer, author, columnist, radio and television presenter. He is best known for being a member and founder of the hard rock band, Krokus. History ...

(born 1951), musician and producer; best known as bassist of hard rock band Krokus *

August Wenzinger August Wenzinger (1905–1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland. He was a pioneer of historically informed performance, both as a master of the viola da gamba and as a conductor of ...

(1905–1996), cellist, violist (viola da gamba), pioneer of early music performance * Luzia von Wyl (born 1985), composer and pianist *

Roland Zoss Roland Zoss (born 2 August 1961) is a songwriter and novelist. He studied anthropology and literature in Bern and Avignon. He lives in the Aeolian Islands Songwriter and novelist Roland Zoss started his early songwriter career in the late 1970s in ...

(born 1951), rock poetry musician *

Alberich Zwyssig Father Alberich or Alberik Zwyssig (17 November 1808 – 18 November 1854) was a Cistercian monk who composed in 1841 the Swiss Psalm, the present Swiss national anthem. Life Johann Josef Maria Zwyssig (he took the name "Alberich" later as his ...

(1808–1854), priest, composer of the '' Swiss Psalm'' * YRU, rock band formed in 2006

Philosophy

* Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881), philosopher and poet *

Richard Avenarius Richard Ludwig Heinrich Avenarius (19 November 1843 – 18 August 1896) was a German-Swiss philosopher. He formulated the radical positivist doctrine of "empirical criticism" or empirio-criticism. Life Avenarius attended the Nicolaischule in ...

(1843–1896), formulated the radical positivist doctrine of "empirical criticism" * Peter Bieri (born 1944), philosopher, author *

Benjamin Constant Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (; 25 October 1767 – 8 December 1830), or simply Benjamin Constant, was a Franco-Swiss political thinker, activist and writer on political theory and religion. A committed republican from 1795, he backed t ...

(1767–1830) *

Jeanne Hersch Jeanne Hersch (13 July 1910 – 5 June 2000) was a Swiss philosopher of Polish-Jewish origin, whose works dealt with the concept of freedom. She was the daughter of Liebman Hersch. Education and career Hersch was born in 1910 in Geneva, Sw ...

(1910–2000), philosopher * Henri Lauener (1933–2002), philosopher * Dominik Perler (born 1965), philosopher * Hans A. Pestalozzi (1929–2004), social critic * Alexandru Şafran (1910–2006), rabbi and philosopher

Psychology and pedagogy

Peter Baumann Peter Baumann (born 29 January 1953) is a German musician. He formed the core line-up of the pioneering German electronic group Tangerine Dream with Edgar Froese and Christopher Franke in 1971. Baumann composed his first solo album in 1976, w ...

(1935–2011), psychiatrist *

Ludwig Binswanger Ludwig Binswanger (; ; 13 April 1881 – 5 February 1966) was a Swiss psychiatrist and pioneer in the field of existential psychology. His parents were Robert Johann Binswanger (1850–1910) and Bertha Hasenclever (1847–1896). Robert's Ger ...

(1881–1966), psychologist *

Eugen Bleuler Paul Eugen Bleuler (; ; 30 April 1857 – 15 July 1939) was a Swiss psychiatrist and humanist most notable for his contributions to the understanding of mental illness. He coined several psychiatric terms including " schizophrenia", "schizoid" ...

(1857–1940), psychiatrist *

Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung ( ; ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Jung's work has been influential in the fields of psychiatry, anthropology, archaeology, literature, philo ...

(1875–1961), founder of analytical psychology *

Emma Jung Emma Jung (born Emma Marie Rauschenbach, 30 March 1882 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss Jungian analyst and author. She married Carl Jung, financing and helping him to become the prominent psychiatrist and founder of analytical psychology, and t ...

(1882–1955), psychoanalyst and author *

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (July 8, 1926 – August 24, 2004) was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, ''On Death and Dying'' (1969), where she first discussed her theo ...

(1926–2004), psychiatrist, pioneer in near-death studies * Max Lüscher (1923–2017), inventor of the Lüscher color test * Richard Meili (1900–1991), psychologist *

Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (, ; 12 January 1746 – 17 February 1827) was a Swiss pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Romanticism in his approach. He founded several educational institutions both in German- and French-speaking ...

(1746–1827), pedagogue * Oskar Pfister (1873–1956), psychologist and pastor *

Jean Piaget Jean William Fritz Piaget (, , ; 9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "genetic epistemolo ...

(1896–1980), psychologist *

Hermann Rorschach Hermann Rorschach (; 8 November 1884 – 2 April 1922) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. His education in art helped to spur the development of a set of inkblots that were used experimentally to measure various unconscious parts of the s ...

(1884–1922), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst

Politics

-Joseph Deiss - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2004-2

* Rosa Bloch-Bollag (1880–1922), socialist and marxist activist *

Christoph Blocher Christoph Wolfram Blocher (; born 11 October 1940) is a Swiss industrialist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 2004 to 2007. A member of the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC), he headed the Federal Department of ...

(born 1940), Federal Councilor,

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a nati ...

activist *

Rudolf Brun Rudolf Brun (1290s – 17 September 1360) was the leader of the Zürich guilds' revolution of 1336, and the city's first independent mayor. Since 1234, Zürich had been governed by an aristocratic council. One third of the council's members w ...

(1290s–1360), first mayor of Zurich * Gaudenz Canova (1887–1962) *

Étienne Clavière Étienne Clavière (29 January 17358 December 1793) was a Genevan-born French financier and politician of the French Revolution. He was French Minister of Finance between 24 March and 12 June 1792, and between 10 August 1792 and 2 June 1793. ...

(1735–1793) *

Joseph Deiss Joseph Deiss (born 18 January 1946) is a Swiss economist and politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2006. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), he first headed the Federal Departme ...

(born 1946), Federal Councilor, President of the

United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; french: link=no, Assemblée générale, AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as the main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ of the UN. Curr ...

Élie Ducommun Élie Ducommun (19 February 1833, Geneva – 7 December 1906, Bern) was a Swiss peace activist. He was a Nobel laureate, awarded the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Charles Albert Gobat. Born in Geneva, he worked as a tutor, languag ...

(1833–1906), 1902

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolo ...

* Henri Dunant (1828–1910), Founder of the Red Cross 1901

* Nicholas of Flüe (1417–1487), diplomat, hermit, Catholic saint Henry Dunant-young

Albert Gallatin Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin (January 29, 1761 – August 12, 1849) was a Genevan–American politician, diplomat, ethnologist and linguist. Often described as "America's Swiss Founding Father", he was a leading figure in the early years o ...

(1761–1849), US Secretary of the Treasury, diplomat *

Albert Gobat Charles Albert Gobat (21 May 1843 – 16 March 1914) was a Swiss lawyer, educational administrator, and politician who jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize with Élie Ducommun in 1902 for their leadership of the Permanent International Pe ...

(1843–1914), 1902

Jörg Jenatsch Jörg Jenatsch, also called Jürg or Georg Jenatsch (1596 – 24 January 1639), was a Swiss political leader during the Thirty Years' War, one of the most striking figures in the troubled history of the Grisons in the 17th century. Protesta ...

(1596–1639), pastor, Protestant politician * Ursula Koch (born 1941), politician the first women president of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland (SP) *

Carl Lutz Carl Lutz (30 March 1895 – 12 February 1975) was a Swiss diplomat. He served as the Swiss Vice-Consul in Budapest, Hungary, from 1942 until the end of World War II. He is credited with saving over 62,000 Jews during the Second World War in a ...

(1895–1975), Vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews *

Jean-Paul Marat Jean-Paul Marat (; born Mara; 24 May 1743 – 13 July 1793) was a French political theorist, physician, and scientist. A journalist and politician during the French Revolution, he was a vigorous defender of the '' sans-culottes'', a radica ...

(1743–1793), revolutionary *

Giuseppe Motta Giuseppe Motta (29 December 1871 – 23 January 1940) was a Swiss politician. He was a member of the Swiss Federal Council (1911–1940) and President of the League of Nations (1924–1925). He was a Catholic-conservative foreign minister and a ...

(1871–1940), Federal Councilor (1911–1940) and President of the

League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference th ...

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A neph ...

(1808–1873) (naturalized in 1832) * Jacques Necker (1732–1804), statesman and finance minister of

Louis XVI Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...

* Charles Pictet de Rochemont (1755–1824), statesman, diplomat Carla Del Ponte

* Pompejus von Planta-Wildenberg (1569–1621) *

Fritz Platten Fritz Platten (8 July 1883 – 22 April 1942) was a Swiss communist politician and one of the founders of the Communist International. Early life Platten was born in the village of Tablat, now part of St. Gallen, on 8 July 1883, to and Old Cathol ...

(1883–1942), Communist *

Carla del Ponte Carla Del Ponte (born February 9, 1947) is a former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals. A former Swiss attorney general, she was appointed prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former ...

(born 1947), Swiss attorney general, chief prosecutor of two international criminal law tribunals *

Elisabeth von Rapperswil Elisabeth von Rapperswil (also ''von Habsburg-Laufenburg'', ''von Homberg''; c.1251/1261 – 1309) was the last countess of the House of Rapperswil, and secured by her second marriage the female line of the Counts of Rapperswil and the exte ...

(around 1251 or 1261 – † 1309, probably in Rapperswil), last Countess of the

House of Rapperswil The House of Rapperswil respectively Counts of Rapperswil (''Grafen von Rapperwil'' since 1233, before ''Lords'') ruled the upper ''Zürichsee'' and ''Seedamm'' region around Rapperswil and parts of, as of today, Swiss cantons of St. Gallen, ...

* Trudy Späth (1908–1990), first woman to hold an elected office *

Katharina von Zimmern Katharina von Zimmern (1478 – 17 August 1547), also known as the imperial abbess of Zürich and Katharina von Reischach, was the last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey in Zürich. Early life Katharina von Zimmern was born in 1478 in the ...

(1478–1547), last abbess of the Fraumünster Abbey ''See also'': * List of 2005 office-holders in Switzerland * List of Federal Chancellors of Switzerland (since 1803) * List of the first female holders of political offices: Switzerland *

List of mayors of Aarau This is a list of mayors of the city of Aarau, Switzerland. The ''Stadtammann'' chairs the ''Stadtrat'', the executive of Aarau. Since 1 January 2014, the function is called ''Stadtpräsident''. List of mayors: {{TR mayor, ...

Altstätten , neighboring_municipalities= Eichberg, Feldkirch (AT-8), Gais (AR), Marbach, Oberegg (AI), Oberriet, Ruggell (LI), Rüte (AI), Rüthi, Sennwald, Trogen (AR) , twintowns = Altstätten is a small historic rural town and a municipality in ...

Arbon Arbon is a historic town and a municipality and district capital of the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. Arbon is located on the southern shore of Lake Constance, on a railway line between Konstanz/Romanshorn and Rorsch ...

Baden Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine. History The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden i ...

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (B ...

Bellinzona Bellinzona ( , , Ticinese ; french: Bellinzone ; german: Bellenz ; rm, Blizuna )is a municipality, a historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its three castles (Castelgrande, Montebell ...

Bern german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese , neighboring_municipalities = Bremgarten bei Bern, Frauenkappelen, Ittigen, Kirchlindach, Köniz, Mühleberg, Muri bei Bern, Neuenegg, Ostermundigen, Wohlen bei Bern, Zollikofen , website ...

Brig A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the latter part ...

Brig-Glis , neighboring_municipalities= Lalden, Mund, Naters, Ried-Brig, Simplon, Termen, Visp, Visperterminen , twintowns = Langenthal (Switzerland), Domodossola (Italy) Brig, officially Brig-Glis (french: Brigue-Glis; it, Briga-Glis), is a hi ...

Bulle Bulle (; frp, Bulo ) is a municipality in the district of Gruyère in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. In January 2006 Bulle incorporated the formerly independent municipality of La Tour-de-Trême. History Ancient times Bulle is first ...

, Burgdorf,

Carouge Carouge () is a municipality in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. History Carouge is first mentioned in the Early Middle Ages as ''Quadruvium'' and ''Quatruvio''. In 1248 it was mentioned as ''Carrogium'' while in the 14th Century it was ...

Chur , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Churwalden, Tschiertschen-Praden, Domat/Ems, Felsberg, Malix, Trimmis, Untervaz, Pfäfers , twintowns = Bad Homburg (Germany), Cabourg (France), Mayrhofen (Austria), Mondorf-les-Bains (Luxe ...

Davos , neighboring_municipalities= Arosa, Bergün/Bravuogn, Klosters-Serneus, Langwies, S-chanf, Susch , twintowns = } Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alps, Alpine resort town and a Municipalities of Switzerland, muni ...

Delémont Delémont (; fc, D'lémont; german: Delsberg, ) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Jura. The city has approximately 12,000 inhabitants . History The area of the municipality was already settled in the middle Bronze Age. Fifteen urn buria ...

Frauenfeld Frauenfeld ( Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic ...

Fribourg , neighboring_municipalities= Düdingen, Givisiez, Granges-Paccot, Marly, Pierrafortscha, Sankt Ursen, Tafers, Villars-sur-Glâne , twintowns = Rueil-Malmaison (France) , website = www.ville-fribourg.ch , Location of , Location of () () ...

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situa ...

Grenchen Grenchen (french: Granges) is a municipality in the district of Lebern in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located at the foot of the Jura mountains between Solothurn and Biel/Bienne, approximately north of Bern. With over 16,000 i ...

Herisau Herisau is a municipality and the capital of the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden in Switzerland. It is the seat of the canton's government and parliament; the judicial authorities are situated in Trogen. The central hamlet and the houses around ...

Köniz Köniz (, ) is a statistical town, however considers itself still as a village, and a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district right on the southern border to Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality of K� ...

Kreuzlingen Kreuzlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in north-eastern Switzerland. It is the seat of the district and is the second-largest city of the canton, after Frauenfeld, with a population of about 22,000 ...

La Chaux-de-Fonds La Chaux-de-Fonds () is a Swiss city in the canton of Neuchâtel. It is located in the Jura mountains at an altitude of 1000 m, a few kilometers south of the French border. After Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg, it is the fourth largest city ...

La Tour-de-Peilz La Tour-de-Peilz () is a municipality in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. The city is located on Lake Geneva between Montreux and Vevey (their agglomeration counting some 80,000 inhabitants). History In th ...

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...

, Le Châtelard, Les Planches,

Liestal Liestal (, Standard ), formerly spelled Liesthal, is the capital of Liestal District and the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland, south of Basel. Liestal is an industrial town with a cobbled-street Old Town. The official language of L ...

Locarno , neighboring_municipalities= Ascona, Avegno, Cadenazzo, Cugnasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Gambarogno, Gordola, Lavertezzo, Losone, Minusio, Muralto, Orselina, Tegna, Tenero-Contra , twintowns =* Gagra, Georgia * Karlovy Vary, Czech ...

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label= Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the German-speaking portion of the country. Lucerne is the capital o ...

Lugano Lugano (, , ; lmo, label= Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Lugano has a populat ...

Martigny Martigny (; german: Martinach, ; la, Octodurum) is the capital city of the district of Martigny, canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies at an elevation of , and its population is approximately 15000 inhabitants (''Martignerains'' or "Octoduriens ...

Montreux Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approxima ...

Morges Morges (; la, Morgiis, plural, probably ablative, else dative; frp, Môrges) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud and the seat of the district of Morges. It is located on Lake Geneva. History Morges is first mentioned in 1288 as ...

Murten Murten (German) or Morat (French, ; frp, Morât ) is a bilingual municipality and a city in the See district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is located on the southern shores of Lake Morat (also known as Lake Murten). Morat is si ...

Naters Naters is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Birgisch and Mund merged into the municipality of Naters, which also includes the villages of Hegdorn, Ge ...

Neuchâtel , neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier , twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (Fra ...

Nyon Nyon (; outdated German: or ; outdated Italian: , ) is a municipality in Nyon District in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is located some 25 kilometers north east of Geneva's city centre, and since the 1970s it has become part of the Ge ...

, Olten,

Rapperswil-Jona Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, B ...

, Rheinfelden,

Schaffhausen Schaffhausen (; gsw, Schafuuse; french: Schaffhouse; it, Sciaffusa; rm, Schaffusa; en, Shaffhouse) is a town with historic roots, a municipality in northern Switzerland, and the capital of the canton of the same name; it has an estimate ...

, Sierre, Sion,

Solothurn Solothurn ( , ; french: Soleure ; it, Soletta ; rm, ) is a town, a municipality, and the capital of the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is located in the north-west of Switzerland on the banks of the Aare and on the foot of the Weissens ...

St. Gallen , neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach , twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic) , website = ...

Thun , neighboring_municipalities= Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg , twintown = , website = www.thun.ch Thun (french: Thou ...

, Trimbach,

Uster Uster (High Alemannic: ''Uschter'') is a town and the capital of the Uster District in the Swiss canton of Zürich. It is the third largest town in the canton of Zürich, with almost 35,000 inhabitants, and is one of the twenty largest towns i ...

Vevey Vevey (; frp, Vevê; german: label=former German, Vivis) is a town in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, on the north shore of Lake Geneva, near Lausanne. The German name Vivis is no longer commonly used. It was the seat of the district of ...

Wädenswil Wädenswil, locally often called ''Wädi'' or ''Wädischwil,'' is a municipality located in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The population, , was about 21,000. On 1 January 2019 the former municipalities of Hü ...

, Wil,

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

Yverdon Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , was ...

, Zofingen, Zug,

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

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Jakob Abbadie Jakob Abbadie (; 25 September 1727), also known as Jacques or James Abbadie, was a French Protestant minister and writer. He became Dean of Killaloe, in Ireland. Life Jacques Abbadie was born at Nay, Béarn, probably in 1654, although 1657 and ...

(1654–1727), Protestant preacher *

Gilberto Agustoni Gilberto Agustoni (26 July 1922 – 13 January 2017) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the Roman Curia from 1950 to 1998, ending his career as head of the Apostolic Signatura from 1992 to 1998. He became a Cardinal in 19 ...

(1922–2017), cardinal *

Jacob Amman Jakob Ammann (also Jacob Amman, Amann; 12 February 1644 – between 1712 and 1730) was an Anabaptist leader and namesake of the Amish religious movement. Personal life The full facts about the personal life of Jacob Ammann are incomplete ...

(1644–?) *

Karl Barth Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary '' The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declar ...

(1886–1968), theologian *

Heinrich Bullinger Heinrich Bullinger (18 July 1504 – 17 September 1575) was a Swiss Reformer and theologian, the successor of Huldrych Zwingli as head of the Church of Zürich and a pastor at the Grossmünster. One of the most important leaders of the Swiss R ...

(1504–1575), reformer in Zurich *

Georges Cottier Georges Marie Martin Cottier O.P., (25 April 1922 – 31 March 2016) was a Swiss prelate and theologian of the Catholic Church who served from 1990 to 2005 as theologian to Pope John Paul II as Theologian of the Pontifical Household after a ca ...

(1922–2016), cardinal, theologian *

Niklaus Manuel Deutsch Niklaus Manuel Deutsch (''Niklaus Manuel'', c. 1484 – 28 April 1530), of Bern, was a Old Swiss Confederacy, Swiss artist, writer, mercenary and Swiss Reformation, Reformed politician. Biography Niklaus was most likely the son of Emanuel Aleman ...

(1484–1530), painter, dramatician, politician and reformer in Berne *

Johann Augustanus Faber John Augustanus Faber (c. 1470 – 1531) was a Swiss theologian, born in Fribourg. He entered the Dominican Order, probably at Augsburg, Germany, where he passed the greater part of his religious life, hence his name Augustanus. He obtained ...

(c.1470–c.1530), theologian and historian * William Farel (1489–1565), reformer in Lausanne * Theodosius Florentini (1808–1865) *

Gaston Frommel Gaston Frommel (November 25, 1862 in Altkirch, France – May 18, 1906 in Geneva, Switzerland) was a French-Swiss protestant pastor and professor of theology at the University of Geneva from 1894 until his death. Life A Frenchman by birth, ...

(1862–1906) * Berchtold Haller (1492–1536), reformer in Berne *

Karl Rudolf Hagenbach Karl Rudolf Hagenbach (March 4, 1801 – June 7, 1874) was a Switzerland, Swiss church theologian and historian. He was particularly interested in the Protestant Reformation and its figures. Life Hagenbach was born at Basel, where his father was ...

(1801–1874) *

Johann Jakob Herzog Johann Jakob Herzog (12 September 1805, Basel – 30 September 1882, Erlangen), was a Swiss-German Protestant theologian. Herzog studied theology at the University of Basel and Berlin, earning his doctorate at the University of Basel in 1830. I ...

(1805–1882) *

Hans Küng Hans Küng (; 19 March 1928 – 6 April 2021) was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. From 1995 he was president of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). Küng was ordained a priest in 1954, joined the faculty o ...

(1928–2021), theologian Ulrich-Zwingli-1

Johann Kaspar Lavater Johann Kaspar (or Caspar) Lavater (; 15 November 1741 – 2 January 1801) was a Swiss poet, writer, philosopher, physiognomist and theologian. Early life Lavater was born in Zürich, and was educated at the '' Gymnasium'' there, where J. J. Bo ...

(1741–1801), pastor and physiognomist *

Oswald Myconius Oswald Myconius (1488, Lucerne – 14 October 1552, Basel) was Swiss Protestant theologian and Protestant reformer. He was a follower of Huldrych Zwingli. Life He was born at Lucerne, Switzerland. His family name was Geisshüsler, and his ...

(1488–1552) *

Johannes Oecolampadius Johannes Oecolampadius (also ''Œcolampadius'', in German also Oekolampadius, Oekolampad; 1482 – 24 November 1531) was a German Protestant reformer in the Calvinist tradition from the Electoral Palatinate. He was the leader of the Protestant f ...

(1482–1531), reformer in Basel *

Frère Roger Roger Schütz (12 May 1915 – 16 August 2005), popularly known as Brother Roger (french: Frère Roger), was a Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother. In 1940 Schütz founded the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in Burgundy ...

(1915–2005), founder of Taizé *

Philip Schaff Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819 – October 20, 1893) was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and ecclesiastical historian, who spent most of his adult life living and teaching in the United States. Biography Schaff was born ...

(1819–1893) *

Henri Schwery Henri Schwery (14 June 1932 – 7 January 2021) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Sion from 1977 to 1995. He was raised to the rank of cardinal in 1991. Early life and ordination Born in St-Léonard, Valais, Schwery ...

(1932–2021), cardinal, former Bishop of Sion * Erika Sutter, medical missionary to South Africa *

Clemens Thoma Clemens Thoma (November 2, 1932 – December 7, 2011) was a Swiss theologian. He was professor of theology and Jewish studies and founder of the Institute for Jewish-Christian Studies (IJCF) at the University of Lucerne. He grew up as one of el ...

(1932–2011) * Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (1797–1847), theologian and critic *

Pierre Viret Pierre Viret (1509/1510 – 4 April 1571) was a Swiss Reformed theologian, evangelist and Protestant reformer. Early life Pierre Viret was born in 1509 or 1510 in Orbe, then in the Barony of Vaud, now in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland. He wa ...

(1511–1571), reformer in Vaud Canton * Lukas Vischer (1926–2008), theologian and writer *

Johann Jakob Wettstein Johann Jakob Wettstein (also Wetstein; 5 March 1693 – 23 March 1754) was a Swiss theologian, best known as a New Testament critic. Biography Youth and study Johann Jakob Wettstein was born in Basel. Among his tutors in theology was Samuel Wer ...

(1693–1754), theologian * John Joachim Zubly (''Hans Joachim Züblin'') (1724–1781), pastor, delegate to the

Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a series of legislative bodies, with some executive function, for thirteen of Britain's colonies in North America, and the newly declared United States just before, during, and after the American Revolutionary War. ...

Huldrych Zwingli Huldrych or Ulrich Zwingli (1 January 1484 – 11 October 1531) was a leader of the Reformation in Switzerland, born during a time of emerging Swiss patriotism and increasing criticism of the Swiss mercenary system. He attended the Univ ...

(1484–1531), reformer in Zurich

Science

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Alexander Emanuel Agassiz Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer. Biography Agassiz was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and immigrated to ...

(1835–1910), American man of science *

Louis Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...

(1807–1873), did work on

ice age An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gre ...

glacier A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such a ...

s * Jacob Amsler (1823–1912), mathematician and inventor of measuring instruments *

Werner Arber Werner Arber (born 3 June 1929 in Gränichen, Aargau) is a Swiss microbiologist and geneticist. Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the dis ...

(born 1929), 1978

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize is not a single prize, but five separate prizes that, accordi ...

Johann Georg Baiter Johann Georg Baiter (May 31, 1801 – October 10, 1877) was a Swiss philologist and textual critic. Life He was born at Zürich, where he received his early education. He went on in 1818 to the University of Tübingen, but could not afford t ...

(1801–1877), philologist *

Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier (August 6, 1840March 18, 1914) was a Swiss-born American archaeologist who particularly explored the indigenous cultures of the American Southwest, Mexico, and South America. He immigrated to the United States wit ...

(1840–1914), archaeologist *

Jean-François Bergier Jean-François Bergier (; 5 December 1931, Lausanne, Vaud – 29 October 2009, Blonay) was a Swiss historian. He was a professor at the University of Geneva from 1963 to 1969 and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich until his ret ...

(1931–2009), historian *

(1857–1940), psychiatrist *

Felix Bloch Felix Bloch (23 October 1905 – 10 September 1983) was a Swiss-American physicist and Nobel physics laureate who worked mainly in the U.S. He and Edward Mills Purcell were awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for "their development of new ...

(1905–1983), 1952

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* Hans Bluntschli (1877–1962), anatomist *

Charles Bonnet Charles Bonnet (; 13 March 1720 – 20 May 1793) was a Genevan naturalist and philosophical writer. He is responsible for coining the term ''phyllotaxis'' to describe the arrangement of leaves on a plant. He was among the first to notice parth ...

(1720–1793), botanist *

Daniel Bovet Daniel Bovet (23 March 1907 – 8 April 1992) was a Swiss-born Italian pharmacologist who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of drugs that block the actions of specific neurotransmitters. He is best known for hi ...

(born 1907–1992), 1957

* Joost Bürgi (1552–1632), mathematician and watchmaker *

Johann Büttikofer Dr. Johann Büttikofer (9 August 1850 – 24 June 1927) was a Swiss zoologist. Büttikofer was born in Ranflüh (part of Rüderswil, Canton of Bern) in the Emmental. He is best known for his two zoological expeditions to the Republic of Liberia ( ...

(1850–1929), zoologist *

Jean-André Deluc Jean-André Deluc or de Luc (8 February 1727 – 7 November 1817) was a Swiss geologist, natural philosopher and meteorologist. He also devised measuring instruments. Biography Jean-André Deluc was born in Geneva. His family had come to the ...

(1727–1817), geologist *

Paul Dirac Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac (; 8 August 1902 – 20 October 1984) was an English theoretical physicist who is regarded as one of the most significant physicists of the 20th century. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the Univer ...

(1902–1984), physicist *

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest and most influential physicists of all time. Einstein is best known for developing the theor ...

(1879–1955), 1921

Einstein tops list of leading Swiss
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Richard R. Ernst Richard Robert Ernst (14 August 1933 – 4 June 2021) was a Swiss physical chemist and Nobel Laureate. Ernst was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform nuclear magnetic ...

(1933–2021), 1991

Nobel Prize in Chemistry ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , alt = A golden medallion with an embossed image of a bearded man facing left in profile. To the left of the man is the text "ALFR•" then "NOBEL", and on the right, the text (smaller) "NAT•" then "M ...

Edmond H. Fischer Edmond Henri Fischer (April 6, 1920 – August 27, 2021) was a Swiss-American biochemist. He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works ...

(1920–2021), 1992

Fritz Fischer Fritz Fischer (5 March 1908 – 1 December 1999) was a German historian best known for his analysis of the causes of World War I. In the early 1960s Fischer advanced the controversial thesis at the time that responsibility for the outbreak of the ...

(1898–1947), physicist *

Auguste Forel Auguste-Henri Forel (1 September 1848 – 27 July 1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, psychiatrist and eugenicist, notable for his investigations into the structure of the human brain and that of ants. For example, he is considere ...

(1848–1931), myrmecologist, psychiatrist, neurologist * François-Alphonse Forel (1841–1912), pioneer in the study of lakes *

(1743–1786), entomologist

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Conrad Gessner Conrad Gessner (; la, Conradus Gesnerus 26 March 1516 – 13 December 1565) was a Swiss physician, naturalist, bibliographer, and philologist. Born into a poor family in Zürich, Switzerland, his father and teachers quickly realised his tale ...

(1516–1565) *

Jules Gonin Jules Gonin (10 August 1870 – May 1935) was a professor of ophthalmology in Lausanne who pioneered the procedure of ignipuncture, the first successful surgery for the treatment of retinal detachments. Early life Jules grew in a family with cu ...

(1870–1935), ophthalmologist *

Gustav Guanella Gustav Guanella (21 June 1909 – 12 January 1982) was a Swiss inventor who held numerous patents. Life Guanella was born in Chur, then educated in Lucerne, Switzerland. He finished high school in 1929, studied electrical engineering at the Swis ...

(1909–1982), electronics engineer, inventor * André Guignard (born 1942), engineer * Charles-Edouard Guillaume (1861–1938), 1920

Albrecht von Haller Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 170812 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave, he is often referred to as "the f ...

(1708–1777) * Walter Hess (1881–1973), 1949

Carl Hilty Carl Andreas Hilty (28 February 1833 – 12 October 1909) was a Swiss lawyer, professor of constitutional law, politician, philosopher, lay theologian and writer. Life Family background, education and early career Hilty was born in the sm ...

(1833–1909), jurist *

Albert Hofmann Albert Hofmann (11 January 1906 – 29 April 2008) was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesi ...

(1906–2008), chemist, discoverer of d-lysergic acid diethylamide (

LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), also known colloquially as acid, is a potent psychedelic drug. Effects typically include intensified thoughts, emotions, and sensory perception. At sufficiently high dosages LSD manifests primarily mental, vi ...

) *

Eugen Huber Eugen Huber (July 31, 1849 – April 23, 1923) was a Swiss jurist and the creator of the Swiss Civil code of 1907. Biography Huber was born in Swiss Canton of Zürich on July 31, 1849. His father was a physician. At the University of Zürich, ...

(1849–1923), jurist *

François Huber François Huber (2 July 175022 December 1831), also known as Francis in English publications and Franz in German publications, was a Switzerland, Swiss Entomology, entomologist who specialized in honey bees. His pioneering work was recognized a ...

(1750–1831), naturalist * Otto Frederick Hunziker (1873–1959), dairy professor and technical innovator Friedrich Miescher

* Stefan Janos (born 1943), low temperature physicist *

Paul Karrer Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

(1889–1971), 1937

Emil Theodor Kocher Emil Theodor Kocher (25 August 1841 – 27 July 1917) was a Swiss physician and medical researcher who received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid. Among his many ...

(1841–1917), 1909

Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (24 April 1817 – 15 April 1894) was a Swiss chemist whose work with atomic weights suggested the possibility of isotopes and the packing fraction of nuclei. His study of the rare earth elements led to h ...

(1817–1894), chemist *

Michel Mayor Michel Gustave Édouard Mayor (; born 12 January 1942) is a Swiss astrophysicist and professor emeritus at the University of Geneva's Department of Astronomy. He formally retired in 2007, but remains active as a researcher at the Observatory ...

(born 1942), astronomer *

Friedrich Miescher Johannes Friedrich Miescher (13 August 1844 – 26 August 1895) was a Swiss physician and biologist. He was the first scientist to isolate nucleic acid in 1869. He also identified protamine and made a number of other discoveries. Miescher had i ...

(1844–1895), physician and biologist, discovered DNA *

Johannes von Müller Johannes von Müller (3 January 1752 – 29 May 1809) was a Swiss historian. Biography He was born at Schaffhausen, where his father was a clergyman and rector of the gymnasium. In his youth, his maternal grandfather, Johannes Schoop (1696–17 ...

(1752–1809), historian * K. Alex Müller (born 1927), 1987

* Paul Müller (1899–1965), 1948

* Jean-Daniel Nicoud (born 1938), computer scientist and researcher *

Johann Caspar von Orelli Johann Caspar von Orelli (Latin ''Iohannes Caspar Orellius''; 13 February 1787 – 6 January 1849), was a Swiss classical scholar. Life He was born at Zürich of a distinguished Italian family which had taken refuge in Switzerland at the tim ...

(1787–1849)

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Paracelsus Paracelsus (; ; 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance. He ...

(1493–1541) (''Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim''), alchemist *

Wolfgang Pauli Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (; ; 25 April 1900 – 15 December 1958) was an Austrian theoretical physicist and one of the pioneers of quantum physics. In 1945, after having been nominated by Albert Einstein, Pauli received the Nobel Prize in Physics ...

(1900–1958), 1945

(1896–1980), psychologist *

Auguste Piccard Auguste Antoine Piccard (28 January 1884 – 24 March 1962) was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere. Piccard was also known for h ...

(1884–1962), physicist and balloonist *

(born 1958), psychiatrist and balloonist *

Jacques Piccard Jacques Piccard (28 July 19221 November 2008) was a Swiss oceanographer and engineer, known for having developed underwater submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lt. Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the f ...

(1922–2008), engineer and underwater explorer *

Jean Piccard Jean Felix Piccard (January 28, 1884 in Basel, Switzerland – January 28, 1963 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), also known as Jean Piccard, was a Swiss-born American chemist, engineer, professor and high-altitude balloonist. He invented clustered ...

(1884–1963), balloonist * François-Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809–1872), zoologist and paleontologist *

Raoul Pictet Raoul-Pierre Pictet (4 April 1846 – 27 July 1929) was a Swiss physicist. Pictet is co-credited with French scientist Louis-Paul Cailletet as the first to produce liquid oxygen in 1877. Biography Pictet was born in Geneva. He served as profe ...

(1846–1929), physicist *

Adolf Portmann Adolf Portmann (27 May 1897 – 28 June 1982) was a Swiss zoologist. Born in Basel, Switzerland, he studied zoology at the University of Basel and worked later in Geneva, Munich, Paris and Berlin, but mainly in marine biology laboratories in F ...

(1897–1982), zoologist * Vladimir Prelog (1906–1998), 1975

* Didier Queloz (born 1966), astronomer *

Tadeus Reichstein Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996) was a Polish-Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone. Early life Reichstein was born into a Po ...

(1897–1996), chemist, 1950

* Eugene Renevier (1831–1906), geologist *

Heinrich Rohrer Heinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933 – 16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The other half of the Prize was awarded to Ernst ...

(1933–2013), 1986

Heinz Rutishauser Heinz Rutishauser (30 January 1918 – 10 November 1970) was a Swiss mathematician and a pioneer of modern numerical mathematics and computer science. Life Rutishauser's father died when he was 13 years old and his mother died three years lat ...

(1918–1970), mathematician, computer software pioneer *

Leopold Ružička Leopold Ružička (; born Lavoslav Stjepan Ružička; 13 September 1887 – 26 September 1976) was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including t ...

(1887–1976), 1939

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (2 August 1672 – 23 June 1733) was a Swiss scholar born at Zürich. Herbarium deluvianum Zürich, Zwingli-Platz ( Grossmünster) : Former home of Konrad von Mure († 1280) and the house, where Johann Jakob Scheuch ...

(1672–1733), Swiss savant *

Louis Secretan Louis (Gabriel Abraam Samuel Jean) Secretan (15 September 1758 – 24 May 1839) was a Swiss lawyer, politician and mycologist. He published ''Mycologie Suisse'' in 1833, though the names are not regarded as valid unless republished by other autho ...

(1758–1839), mycologist *

Jack Steinberger Jack Steinberger (born Hans Jakob Steinberger; May 25, 1921December 12, 2020) was a German-born American physicist noted for his work with neutrinos, the subatomic particles considered to be elementary constituents of matter. He was a recipient ...

(1921–2020), 1988

Ernst Stueckelberg Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg (baptised as Johann Melchior Ernst Karl Gerlach Stückelberg, full name after 1911: Baron Ernst Carl Gerlach Stueckelberg von Breidenbach zu Breidenstein und Melsbach; 1 February 1905 – 4 September 1984) was a S ...

(1905–1984), theoretical physicist *

Alfred Werner Alfred Werner (12 December 1866 – 15 November 1919) was a Swiss chemist who was a student at ETH Zurich and a professor at the University of Zurich. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1913 for proposing the octahedral configuration ...

(1866–1919), 1913

Niklaus Wirth Niklaus Emil Wirth (born 15 February 1934) is a Swiss computer scientist. He has designed several programming languages, including Pascal, and pioneered several classic topics in software engineering. In 1984, he won the Turing Award, generally ...

(born 1934), computer scientist,

Turing Award The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in compu ...

winner, inventor of the

Pascal programming language Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language, designed by Niklaus Wirth as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. It is named in honour o ...

* Kurt Wüthrich (born 1938), 2002

* Daniel Albert Wyttenbach (1746–1820) *

Alexandre Yersin Alexandre Emile Jean Yersin (22 September 1863 – 1 March 1943) was a Swiss-French physician and bacteriologist. He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the bacillus responsible for the bubonic plague or pest, which was later named in his ...

(1894–1943), physician, isolated the ''Yersinia pestis'' *Rolf M. Zinkernagel (born 1944), 1996

*Fritz Zwicky (1898–1974), astronomer *Theodor Zwinger (1533–1588), scholar

Sports

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*Paul Accola (born 1967), skiing champion *David Aebischer (born 1978), former National Hockey League goaltender * Jeff Agoos (born 1968), Swiss-born American soccer defender *Daniel Albrecht (born 1983), alpine skier *Simon Ammann (born 1981), gold medallist in ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics, ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics *Manuel Bachmann (born 1975), footballer * Timea Bacsinszky (born 1989), tennis player *Sven Bärtschi (born 1992), National Hockey League player for the Vancouver Canucks *Madeleine Berthod (born 1931), 1956 gold medallist in downhill skiing *Denise Biellmann (born 1962), world champion figure skater *Sepp Blatter (born 1935), FIFA president *Clint Capela (born 1994), NBA player for the Houston Rockets *Ursula Bruhin (born 1970), snowboarder *Fabian Cancellara (born 1981), cyclist *Cesaro (wrestler), Claudio Castagnoli (born 1980), pro wrestler *Stéphane Chapuisat (born 1969), footballer *Dario Cologna (born 1986), cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing champion *Didier Cuche (born 1974), alpine skier *Didier Défago, (born 1977), alpine skier *Johan Djourou (born 1987), footballer *Oscar Egg (1890–1961), cyclist *Roger Federer (born 1981), tennis champion: 20-time Grand Slam singles champion *Michela Figini (born 1966), alpine skiing champion *Marcel Fischer (born 1978), fencing champion, gold medallist in 2004 Summer Olympics, Athens Olympics *Alexander Frei (born 1979), footballer *Tanja Frieden (born 1976), snowboarder *Martin Gerber (born 1974), National Hockey League, NHL goaltender for the Ottawa Senators Nico Hischier 20161227 second

*Arnold Gerschwiler (1914–2003), skater *Hans Gerschwiler (1920), world champion figure skater *Jack Gerschwiler (1898–2000), coach *Stefan Grogg (born 1974), ice hockey player, member of Swiss National Team 1997 *Franz Heinzer (born 1962), alpine skier *Stéphane Henchoz (born 1974), footballer *Erika Hess (born 1962), alpine skiing champion *Martina Hingis (born 1980), tennis champion; five-time Grand Slam singles champion *Nico Hischier (born 1999), National Hockey League, NHL forward for the New Jersey Devils; first Swiss player to be drafted #1 overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft, NHL Entry Draft *Jakob Hlasek (born 1964), tennis player *Ambrosi Hoffmann (born 1977), alpine skiing medalist *Andy Hug (1964–2000), karate and kickboxing champion *Benjamin Huggel (born 1977), professional footballer *Patrick Hürlimann (born 1963), Olympic curling champion *Roman Josi (born 1990), National Hockey League, NHL defenseman for the Nashville Predators * Natan Jurkovitz (born 1995), French-Swiss-Israeli basketball player for Hapoel Be'er Sheva B.C., Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Stéphane Lambiel Grand Prix Final 2007

*Bruno Kernen (born 1972), Bruno Kernen (born 1972), alpine skier, bronze medalist and former world champion in downhill *Bruno Kernen (born 1961), Bruno Kernen (born 1961), alpine skier, winner of the 1983 Kitzbühel downhill race *Hugo Koblet (1925–1964), cycling champion *Franz Krienbühl (1929–2002), speed skater *Andreas Küttel (born 1979), ski jumper *Stéphane Lambiel (born 1985), figure skater, Olympic silver medalist *Peter Lüscher (born 1956), alpine skiing champion *Daniela Meuli (born 1981), snowboarder *Lise-Marie Morerod (born 1956), alpine skiing champion *2008 Los Angeles Sparks season, Layla Schwarz (born 1981), Professional Basketball Player *Nicolas Müller (born 1982), snowboarder *Peter Müller (skier), Peter Müller (born 1957), alpine skiing champion *Xeno Müller (born 1972), rower, Olympic gold medalist *Marie-Theres Nadig (born 1954), alpine skiing champion *Sonja Nef (born 1972), alpine skiing champion *Maya Pedersen (born 1972), skeleton athlete *Manuela Pesko (born 1978), snowboarder *Alina Popa (born 1978), IFBB professional bodybuilder *Walter Prager (1910–1984), alpine skiing champion *Clay Regazzoni (1939–2006), racing driver *Corinne Rey-Bellet (1972–2006), alpine skier *Tony Rominger (born 1961), cyclist who won major tours four times in his career *Marc Rosset (born 1970), tennis player, gold medallist in Barcelona Olympics *Bernhard Russi (born 1948), alpine skiing champion *Martina Schild (born 1981), downhill skiing champion *Hedy Schlunegger (1923–2003), downhill Olympic champion of 1948 *Vreni Schneider (born 1964), alpine skiing champion *Patty Schnyder (born 1978), professional tennis player *Thabo Sefolosha (born 1984), National Basketball Association, NBA player for the Oklahoma City Thunder *Philippe Senderos (born 1985), footballer *Xherdan Shaqiri (born 1991), professional footballer *Mark Streit (born 1977), National Hockey League, NHL defenceman for the Philadelphia Flyers *Alain Sutter (born 1968), footballer *Kubilay Türkyilmaz (born 1967), footballer *Maria Walliser (born 1963), alpine skiing champion *Stanislas Wawrinka (born 1985), professional tennis player *Jean Wicki (born 1933), gold medallist in bobsleigh *Granit Xhaka, footballer (born 1992) *Hakan Yakin (born 1977), footballer *Murat Yakin (born 1974), footballer *Heidi Zurbriggen (born 1967), skier *Matthias Zurbriggen (1856–1917), mountain guide and alpinist *Pirmin Zurbriggen (born 1963), alpine skiing champion *Silvan Zurbriggen (born 1981), skier

Writers

*Peter Bichsel (born 1935) *S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979) *Ida Bindschedler (1854–1919) *Silvio Blatter (born 1946) *Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745–1832) *Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998) *Willy Bretscher (1897–1992), newspaper writer and editor *Raymond Bruckert (born 1935), writer of novels and educational books *Hermann Burger (1942–1989), author, poet, literary scholar, editor *Erika Burkart (1922–2010), poet *Elias Canetti (1905–1994), 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature, Swiss resident *Blaise Cendrars (''Frédéric Louis Sauser'') (1887–1961), author *Victor Cherbuliez (1829–1899), member of the Académie française *Jacques Chessex (1934–2009) *Anne Cuneo (1936–2015) *Erich von Däniken (born 1935), Ancient Astronauts writer *Martin R. Dean (born 1955), writer *Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990), author and dramatist *Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795), one of the first women novelists and publicists in the German-speaking countries *Heinrich Federer (1866–1928) Hermann Hesse 1927 Photo Gret Widmann

*Jürg Federspiel (1931–2007) *Max Frisch (1911–1991), author and architect *

(1730–1788) *Friedrich Glauser (1896–1938) *Jeremias Gotthelf (''Albert Bitzius'') (1797–1854), author and pastor * Stefan Haenni (born 1958) *Eveline Hasler (born 1933) *Markus Hediger (born 1959) *Hermann Hesse (1877–1962), 1946 Nobel Prize in Literature, Swiss resident *Franz Hohler (born 1943), author and comedian *Felix Indermaur, author, storyteller, winemaker *Hans-Ulrich Indermaur (born 1939) author, magazine editor, and reporter *Mirjam Indermaur (born 1967), writer and businesswoman *Philippe Jaccottet (1925–2021) *Zoë Jenny (born 1974) *Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), author *Christian Kracht (born 1966), author *Hugo Loetscher (1929–2009), author *Ella Maillart (1903–1997) *Niklaus Meienberg (1940–1993) *Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898) *Adolf Muschg (born 1934) *Suzanne Necker, née ''Suzanne Curchod'' (1739–1794) *Juste Olivier (1807–1876) *Giorgio Orelli (1921–2013), poet, translator *Giovanni Orelli (1928–2016), poet, teacher *Daniele Pantano (born 1976), poet, translator, editor *Erica Pedretti (1930–2022), author and artist *Eugène Rambert (1830–1886) *Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947), writer *Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005) *William Ritter (writer), William Ritter (1867–1955), novelist and music critic *Alice Rivaz (1901–1998), writer *Gustave Roud (1897–1976), poet *Denis de Rougemont (1906–1985) *Léon Savary (1895–1968), writer and journalist *Jakob Schaffner (1875–1944) *Josias Simmler (1530–1576), theologian, historian *Victor Snell (1874–1931), journalist *Carl Spitteler (1845–1924), 1919 Nobel Prize in Literature *Johanna Spyri (1827–1901), author of ''Heidi'' Marie Eléonore Godefroid - Portrait of Mme de Staël

Marie Eléonore Godefroid - Portrait of Mme de Staël

*Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (''Madame de Staël'') (1766–1817) *Peter Stamm (born 1963) *Albert Steffen (1884–1963), writer, anthroposophist *Otto Steiger (writer), Otto Steiger (1909–2005) *Gottfried Strasser (1854–1912) *Martin Suter (born 1948), columnist and novelist *Rudolf Sutermeister (1802–1868) *Robert Walser (writer), Robert Walser (1878–1956) *Otto F. Walter (1928–1994), novelist *Silja Walter (1919–2011), sister of Otto F. Walter; Benedictinian nun and writer *Markus Werner (1944–2016) *Urs Widmer (1938–2014) *Johann David Wyss (1743–1818), author of ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' *Albin Zollinger (1885–1941) *Fritz Zorn (''Fritz Angst'') (1944–1976), author of ''Mars'' *

(born 1951) *Johann Heinrich Daniel Zschokke (1771–1848)

Legendary and folk heroes

*Helvetia, personification ("mother") of Switzerland *Arnold von Melchtal, legendary founding father of Switzerland *Ueli Rotach, legendary hero of the 1405 battle at Stoss *William Tell, legendary 14th-century hero *Arnold von Winkelried, legendary hero of the 1386 battle of Sempach

Others

*Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei (born 1987), wife of Crown Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah, half Swiss and half Bruneian *Othmar Ammann (1879–1965), civil engineer, bridge engineer to the New York Port Authority *Nick Auf der Maur (1942–1998), Canadian journalist, Swiss parents *Louise Bachofen-Burckhardt (1845–1920), art collector *Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867–1939), physician and Muesli inventor *Johann Georg Bodmer (1786–1864), inventor *Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783) *Hans Ormund Bringolf (1876–1951), adventurer and autobiographer *Jacob Burckhardt (1818–1897), art historian *Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784–1814), traveller and orientalist *Michée Chauderon (died 1652), the last person to be executed for sorcery in Geneva * Arthur Cohn (born 1927), film producer, received six

*Kadie Karen Diekmeyer (born 1965), Canadian vegan activist and Internet personality, known online as That Vegan Teacher. *Lydia Welti-Escher (1858–1891), Swiss patron of the arts and founder of the Gottfried Keller Stiftung *Philipp Emanuel von Fellenberg (1771–1844) *Marie Grossholtz (1761–1850), known as ''Madame Tussaud'' *Paul Grueninger (1891–1972), commander of police and humanitarian *Felix Hemmerlin (1388/9 – c. 1460), theologian *Michelle Hunziker (born 1977), TV presenter previously married to the Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti *Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), founder of IKEA, Swiss resident 1976-2014 *

(1895–1975), diplomat and humanitarian *Robert Maillart (1872–1940), civil engineer, inventor of many concrete bridge techniques *Peter Hildebrand Meienberg (1929–2021), missionary *Christoph Meili (born 1968), whistle-blower *Christian Menn (1927–2018), civil engineer *Max Miedinger (1910–1980), typeface designer, inventor of Helvetica *Claude Nobs (1936–2013), founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival *Rosa Rein (1897–2010), oldest living Swiss () * Werner Reinhart (1884–1951), philanthropist, music and literature patron *Archibald Reiss (1875–1929), criminologist *Beat Richner (1947–2018), pediatrician, founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia *Niklaus Riggenbach (1817–1899), engineer *Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998), Sufi writer, born in Basel *John Sutter (1803–1880), California settler *Stefi Talman (born 1958), shoe designer *

(born 1929), film director *Lukas Vischer (collector), Lukas Vischer (1780–1840), collector, traveler, artist

References

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